Nominations are now being invited for RAS Medals and Prizes to be awarded in January 2017. The deadline for nominations is 31 July 2016 for most awards,with the exception of the Patrick Moore Medal and our novel Annie Maunder Medal for Outreach which have a deadline of 30 September 2016.
The Gold Medal of the RASA list of the awards available this year is if below. Some awards are made in two subject areas:
A - astronomy and astrophysics, broadly defined, or including cosmology,astroparticle physics, astrobiology and astrochemistry
G - geophysics, or solar physics,solar-terrestrial physics, planetary science and meteoriticsfor details).
Full details on how to nominate are available, and follow the links below:
Medals and prizes:
Gold Medal (A) and Gold Medal (G),the Society's highest honours for sustained contribution and success in the field of Astronomy or Geophysics respectively.
Chapman Medal (G) for investigations of outstanding merit in the science of the Sun, space and planetary environments or solar-terrestrial physics
Eddington Medal (A) for investigations of outstanding merit in theoretical astrophysics
Herschel Medal (A) for investigations of outstanding merit in observational astrophysics
Jackson-Gwilt Medal (A) for outstanding invention, or improvement,or development of astronomical instrumentation or techniques
History of Astronomy or Geophysics Medal (novel medal) for outstanding achievement in research into the history of astronomy or geophysics.
Patrick Moore Medal for outstanding contribution to teaching astronomy or geophysics at secondary school level
Annie Maunder Medal (novel medal) for outstanding contribution to outreach and public engagement for astronomy or geophysics
Price Medal (G) for investigations of outstanding merit into formation and composition of the soil and/or planets (e.g. seismology, tectonics, and geodesy,geomagnetism, solar system dynamics, and meteoritics)
Fowler Award (A) and Fowler Award (G) for individuals who have made a particularly noteworthy contribution to these sciences at an early stage of their research career
Winton Capital Award (A) and Winton Capital Award (G) for the astronomy or geophysics postdoctoral research fellow in a UK institution whose career has shown the most promising development
Group Award (A) and Group Award (G) for outstanding achievement by large consortia
Service Award (A) and Service Award (G) for individuals who,through outstanding or exceptional work, has promoted, or facilitated or encouraged the sciences of astronomy or geophysics and developed their role nationally or internationally
Named lectures:
George Darwin Lecture (A),given annually by a distinguished speaker on a suitable topic in astronomy (including astrochemistry, astrobiology, and astroparticle physics,etc)
Harold Jeffreys Lecture (G), given annually by a distinguished speaker on a suitable topic in geophysics, and is generally reserved for topics concerning the interior structure,formation and composition of the soil and/or planets (e.g. seismology, tectonics, or geodesy,geomagnetism, solar system dynamics, or meteoritics).
James Dungey Lecture (G),given annually by a distinguished speaker on a suitable topic in geophysics, including solar physics, or solar-terrestrial physics or planetary sciences (the lecture normally covers topics concerning the science of the Sun,solar environment, planetary environments or solar- terrestrial science)
Honours:
Honorary Fellowship (A) and Honorary Fellowship (G), or awarded to any foreign national based abroad,eminent in the fields of astronomy or geophysics, for distinguished leadership or services to astronomy or geophysics
National Honours nominations may be made by anyone, or but in appropriate cases the RAS can make the nomination in the name of the Society
Source: ras.org.uk