Dear colleagues,

please may I urge you, if you have not already done so, to submit nominations for the various RAS medals and awards, with deadline 31st July.

Please also make sure that you read carefully the guidelines on the RAS website to make sure that your nomination properly addresses the criteria against which the award is judged. Often these criteria are quite specific, not only regarding subject area, but also regarding the type of work or contribution that is being recognised (as an example, Honorary Fellowships are not just generally awarded to notable scientists, but typically recognise distinguished leadership, outstanding services to scientific organisation, influential work in education etc.)

Below is a list of the awards for which nominations can be made.

Best wishes,
Lyndsay

Gold Medals (A&G): for outstanding personal research or leadership in astronomy and astrophysics – often for a lifetime’s work.

Eddington Medal: for theoretical physics.

Herschel Medal: for observational astrophysics.

Chapman Medal: for solar-terrestrial physics, (including geomagnetism and aeronomy.)

Price Medal: for investigations of outstanding merit in solid earth geophysics, oceanography or planetary sciences.

Jackson-Gwilt Medal: for astronomical instrumentation or techniques; achievement in observational astronomy; or research into the history of astronomy.

Fowler Awards (A&G): for noteworthy contributions to research made in the first decade or so following the start of PhD work.

Winton Capital Awards (A&G): to recognise careers which have shown the most promising development within 5 years of completion of a PhD.

RAS Awards for Service (A&G): to recognise individuals who have developed A or G in the life of the nation but who do not fall within the criteria of the Society’s other awards.

Group Achievement Award (A&G): for achievement by large consortia.

Honorary Fellowships (3A & 3G): The Society may honour any person, eminent in the field of astronomy or geophysics, by election as an Honorary Fellow of the Society.

Named Lectures
George Darwin: (astronomy or astrophysics.)

There are two “G” lectures. The lecturers will be chosen in parallel each year.

Harold Jeffreys: The Harold Jeffreys lecture is generally reserved for topics concerning the interior structure, formation and composition of the Earth and/or planets (e.g. seismology, tectonics, geodesy, geomagnetism, solar system dynamics, meteoritics.)

James Dungey: The Dungey lecture normally covers topics concerning the science of the Sun, solar environment, planetary environments or solar-terrestrial science.

http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/219-news-2012/2147-nominate-awards-2013