Institute of Physics Awards

The Institute of Physics awards numerous prizes to acknowledge contributions to physics research, education and applications.[1] It also offers smaller specific subject-group prizes, such as for PhD thesis submissions.[2]

Bilateral Awards

• The Max Born Medal and Prize is awarded yearly by the German Physical Society and the Institute of Physics in memory of the German physicist Max Born. The prize recognizes "outstanding contributions to physics" and is awarded to physicists based in Germany and in the UK or Ireland in alternate years.[3][4]
• The Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize is awarded jointly by the French and British Physical Societies for distinguished work in any aspect of physics that is ongoing or has been carried out within the 10 years preceding the award.[5]
• The Harrie Massey Medal and Prize is awarded biennially jointly by the Institute of Physics and by The Australian Institute of Physics.[6]
• The Giuseppe Occhialini Medal and Prize is awarded to physicists in alternating years who work in Italy (even dated years) or the UK or Ireland (odd dated years).[7]

Business Awards

• The Katharine Burr Blodgett Medal and Prize is a gold medal awarded annually for outstanding contributions to the organisation or applications of physics to a physicist in an industrial or commercial context in any sector.[8]
• The Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize is a prize awarded for distinguished contributions to the application of physics in an industrial, commercial or business context.[9]
• The Clifford Paterson Medal and Prize is awarded for exceptional early career contributions to the application of physics.[10]
• The Lee Lucas Award[11]
• The Business Innovation Award
• The Business Start-Up Award
• The Apprentice Award
• The Apprenticeship Employer Award

Education Awards

• The Lawrence Bragg Medal and Prize, first awarded in 1967, is a gold medal for outstanding and sustained contributions to physics education[12]
• The Marie Curie-Sklodowska Medal and Prize, established in 2016, is awarded for "distinguished contributions to physics education and to widening participation within it."[13]
• The Daphne Jackson Medal and Prize, established in 2016, is awarded "for exceptional early career contributions to physics education and to widening participation within it."[14]
• The Teacher of Physics Award celebrates the success of secondary school physics teachers who have raised the profile of physics and science in schools.[15]
• The Technician Award, to recognise the experience of technicians and their contribution to physics[16]

Outreach Awards

• The Kelvin Medal and Prize is a gold medal instigated in October 1994 in recognition of the importance of promoting public awareness of the place of physics in the world, of its contributions to the quality of life and its advancement of an understanding of the physical world and the place of humanity within it.[17]
• The Lise Meitner Medal and Prize, established in 2016, is awarded for "distinguished contributions to public engagement within physics."[13]
• The Mary Somerville Medal and Prize[18]

Research Awards

• The Isaac Newton Medal and Prize is a gold medal awarded annually to any physicist, regardless of subject area, background or nationality, for outstanding contributions to physics. It is accompanied by a prize of £1000, and the recipient is invited to give the Newton lecture.[19]
• The Paul Dirac Medal and Prize is a gold medal awarded for outstanding and sustained contributions to theoretical physics.[20]
• The Michael Faraday Medal and Prize is a gold medal awarded annually for outstanding contributions to experimental physics to a physicist of international reputation in any sector.[21]
• The Richard Glazebrook Medal and Prize, established in 1965, is a gold medal awarded for "outstanding and sustained contributions to leadership in a physics context."[22]
• The John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh Medal, established in 2008, is awarded biennially in odd-numbered years, for distinguished research in theoretical, mathematical or computational physics.[23]
• The Sam Edwards Medal and Prize is awarded for distinguished contributions in soft matter physics[24]
• The Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize is awarded for distinguished contributions to physics applied to the life sciences[25]
• The Nevill Mott Medal and Prize is awarded for distinguished contributions to condensed matter physics[26]
• The David Tabor Medal and Prize is awarded for distinguished contributions to surface or nanoscale physics.[27]
• The Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Medal and Prize is awarded for plasma or space physics[28]
• The Edward Appleton Medal and Prize is awarded for distinguished research in environmental, earth or atmospheric physics. Originally named after Charles Chree, it was established in 1941 and is currently awarded in even-dated years.[29]
• The Thomas Young Medal and Prize is awarded biennially in odd-numbered years, for distinguished research in the field of optics, including physics outside the visible region.[30]
• The Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize, established in 2008, is awarded biennially, in even-numbered years, for distinguished research in atomic physics (including quantum optics) or molecular physics.[31]
• The Ernest Rutherford Medal and Prize, awarded biennially in even-numbered years, was instituted in 1966, replacing the Rutherford Memorial Lecture. The award recognises distinguished research in nuclear physics or nuclear technology and is named in honour of Lord Rutherford of Nelson.[32]
• The James Chadwick Medal and Prize is awarded "for distinguished contributions to particle physics."[33]
• The Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize is awarded for distinguished contributions to astrophysics or cosmology[34]
• The Peter Mansfield Medal and Prize is awarded for medical physics[35]
• The James Joule Medal and Prize is awarded for applied physics[36]
• The James Clerk Maxwell Medal and Prize has been awarded annually since 1962 to recognize outstanding early-career contributions to theoretical physics.[37]
• The Henry Moseley Medal and Prize is awarded for exceptional early career contributions to experimental physics[38]
• The Jocelyn Bell Burnell Medal and Prize was originally known as the 'Very Early Career Female Physicist Award'[39]
• The Simon Memorial Prize

Service to the IOP Awards

• The President's Medal can be given to both physicists and non-physicists who have provided meritorious services in various fields of endeavour which were of benefit to physics in general and the Institute in particular.[40]
• The Phillips Award is awarded for distinguished service to the Institute of Physics.[41]

See also

• Institute of Physics
• List of physics awards

References

1. "IOP awards". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
2. "Group Prizes". Institute of Physics.
3. "Max Born Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
4. "Max-Born-Preis" [Max Born Prize] (in German). German Physical Society. Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
5. "Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
6. "Harrie Massey Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
7. "Giuseppe Occhialini Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
8. "Katharine Burr Blodgett Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
9. "Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics.
10. "Clifford Paterson Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
11. "Lee Lucas Award – medical and healthcare sector". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
12. "Lawrence Bragg Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
13. "Physics education and widening participation within it and public engagement within physics". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
14. "Daphne Jackson Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
15. "Teacher of Physics Award". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
16. "Technician Award". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
17. "William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
18. "Mary Somerville Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
19. "Isaac Newton Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
20. "Paul Dirac Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
21. "Michael Faraday Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
22. "Richard Glazebrook Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
23. "John William Strutt Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics.
24. "Sam Edwards Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
25. "Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
26. "Nevill Mott Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
27. "David Tabor Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
28. "Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
29. "Edward Appleton Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
30. "Thomas Young Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
31. "Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
32. "Ernest Rutherford Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
33. "James Chadwick Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
34. "Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
35. "Peter Mansfield Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
36. "James Joule Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
37. "James Clerk Maxwell Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
38. "Henry Moseley Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics.
39. "Jocelyn Bell Burnell Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
40. "The President's medal". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
41. "Phillips Award". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

External links

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