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Physics awards and prizes

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Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

The Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics is an annual research award founded by Yuri Milner in 2012, carrying a $3 million cash prize, the largest in physics.

Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics

The Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics is an annual award given jointly by the American Institute of Physics and the American Astronomical Society since 1979.

Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics

The Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics is an annual award of the American Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society recognizing outstanding publications in mathematical physics since 1959.

Enrico Fermi Award

The Enrico Fermi Award, formally the Enrico Fermi Presidential Award, is a U.S. presidential science award established in 1956 in memory of physicist Enrico Fermi.

EPS Europhysics Prize

The EPS Europhysics Prize, also known as the Europhysics Condensed Matter Prize, is a biennial European prize for discoveries in condensed matter physics, awarded since 1975.

Institute of Physics Awards

The Institute of Physics Awards, including the Kelvin Medal and Harrie Massey Medal, are annual medals and prizes given by the Institute of Physics to physicists, teachers, and businesses.

Isaac Newton Medal

The Isaac Newton Medal is the most prestigious annual physics prize of the Institute of Physics, open to physicists of any nationality worldwide since 2008.

Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (किशोर वैज्ञानिक प्रोत्साहन योजना)

Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (किशोर वैज्ञानिक प्रोत्साहन योजना, KVPY) was an Indian government fellowship in basic sciences, run by IISc Bangalore and merged into INSPIRE in 2022.

LeRoy Apker Award

The LeRoy Apker Award is an annual American Physical Society prize recognizing outstanding undergraduate physics research in the United States, established in 1978 and given to two students each year.

List of Nobel laureates in Physics

The list of Nobel laureates in Physics covers the 229 individuals awarded the annual prize since 1901, with John Bardeen its only two-time winner and Marie Curie the first woman laureate.

Michael Faraday Medal and Prize

The Michael Faraday Medal and Prize, formerly the Guthrie Medal and Prize, is a gold medal awarded by the Institute of Physics for contributions to experimental physics.

Nobel Prize in Physics

The Nobel Prize in Physics, or Nobelpriset i fysik, is an annual international physics prize awarded in Stockholm by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 1901.

Oliver E. Buckley Prize

The Oliver E. Buckley Prize, or Buckley Prize, is an annual American Physical Society award for contributions to condensed matter physics, established in 1952 by Bell Laboratories.

Run Run Shaw (邵逸夫)

Run Run Shaw, born Shao Renleng (邵逸夫), was a Hong Kong entertainment mogul and philanthropist who built Shaw Brothers, founded TVB, and established the Shaw Prize.

Shaw Prize in Astronomy

The Shaw Prize in Astronomy is an annual US$1.2 million research prize established in 2002 by Run Run Shaw in Hong Kong, first presented in 2004 for significant astronomical discoveries.

Wolf Prize in Physics

The Wolf Prize in Physics is an annual international award given by the Israel-based Wolf Foundation since 1978, regarded as second in prestige only to the Nobel Prize.