Institute of Physics Awards
Appearance
TheInstitute of Physicsawards numerous prizes to acknowledge contributions to physics research, education and applications.[1][2][3]It also offers smaller specific subject-group prizes, such as forPhD thesissubmissions.[4]
Bilateral awards
[edit]- TheMax Born Medal and Prizeis awarded yearly by theGerman Physical Societyand the Institute of Physics in memory of the German physicistMax 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.[5][6]
- TheFernand Holweck Medal and Prizeis 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.[7]
- TheHarrie MasseyMedal and Prize is awarded biennially jointly by the Institute of Physics and by TheAustralian Institute of Physics.[8]
- TheGiuseppe OcchialiniMedal and Prize is awarded to physicists in alternating years who work in Italy (even dated years) or the UK or Ireland (odd dated years).[9][10]
Business awards
[edit]- TheKatharine Burr Blodgett Medal and Prizeis 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.[11]
- TheDennis Gabor Medal and Prizeis a prize awarded for distinguished contributions to the application of physics in an industrial, commercial or business context.[12]
- TheClifford Paterson Medal and Prizeis awarded for exceptional early career contributions to the application of physics.[13]
- The Lee Lucas Award[14]
- The Business Innovation Award[15]
- The Business Start-Up Award[16][17]
- The Apprentice Award
- The Apprenticeship Employer Award
Education awards
[edit]- TheLawrence BraggMedal and Prize, first awarded in 1967, is a gold medal for outstanding and sustained contributions to physics education.[18]Previous winners are:[19]
- 1967 Donald McGill (posthumously)
- 1969 John Logan Lewis
- 1971 George Robert Noakes
- 1973Jon Michael OgbornandPaul Joseph Black
- 1975William Albert Coates
- 1977 Edward John Wenham
- 1979 Margaret Maureen Hurst
- 1981 Geoffrey Edward Foxcroft
- 1983Charles Alfred Taylor
- 1985Eric Malcolm Rogers
- 1986 Wilfred Llowarch
- 1987 James Turnbull Jardine
- 1988Anthony P French
- 1989 J Goronwy Jones
- 1990 John Marden Osborne
- 1991Kevin William Keohane
- 1992 J Colin Siddons
- 1993 Christopher Anthony Butlin
- 1994Cyril Isenberg
- 1995 Bryan Reginald Chapman
- 1996 Brenda Margaret Jennison[20]
- 1997 Timothy David Robert Hickson
- 1998 Maurice George Ebison
- 1999 Averil Mary Macdonald
- 2000Frank Russell Stannard
- 2001George Marx
- 2002 Robert Lambourne and Michael Harry Tinker
- 2003 Ian Lawrence
- 2004 Elizabeth Swinbank
- 2005 Ken Dobson
- 2006 Derek Raine
- 2007 Philip Britton
- 2008 Robin Millar
- 2009Becky Parker
- 2010 Peter Campbell
- 2011 Philip Harland Scott
- 2012Katherine Blundell
- 2013 Bob Kibble
- 2014Peter Vukusic
- 2015Paula Chadwick
- 2016 Stuart Farmer
- 2017 Mary Whitehouse
- 2018 Bobby Acharya
- 2019Mark WarnerandLisa Jardine-Wright
- 2020 Nicholas St John Braithwaite[21]
- 2022 Eilish McLoughlin[22]
- TheMarie Curie-SklodowskaMedal and Prize, established in 2016, is awarded for "distinguished contributions to physics education and to widening participation within it."[23]
- TheDaphne JacksonMedal and Prize, established in 2016, is awarded "for exceptional early career contributions to physics education and to widening participation within it."[24]
- The Teacher of Physics Award since 1986,celebrates the success of secondary school physics teachers who have raised the profile of physics and science in schools.[25][26][27][28]
- The Technician Award, to recognise the experience of technicians and their contribution to physics[29]
- The Goronwy Jones prize, the is awarded to the top-scoring A-level candidate in Physics in Wales.[30]
Outreach awards
[edit]- TheKelvin Medal and Prizeis 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.[31]
- TheLise MeitnerMedal and Prize, established in 2016, is awarded for "distinguished contributions to public engagement within physics."[23]
- TheMary SomervilleMedal and Prize[32]
Research awards
[edit]- TheIsaac Newton Medal and Prizeis 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.[33]
- ThePaul Dirac Medal and Prizeis a gold medal awarded for outstanding and sustained contributions to theoretical physics.[34]
- TheMichael Faraday Medal and Prizeis a gold medal awarded annually for outstanding contributions to experimental physics to a physicist of international reputation in any sector.[35]
- TheRichard Glazebrook Medal and Prize,established in 1965, is a gold medal awarded for "outstanding and sustained contributions to leadership in a physics context."[36]
- TheJohn William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh Medal and Prize,established in 2008, is awarded biennially in odd-numbered years, for distinguished research in theoretical, mathematical or computational physics.[37]
- TheSam EdwardsMedal and Prize is awarded for distinguished contributions in soft matter physics[38]
- TheRosalind FranklinMedal and Prize is awarded for distinguished contributions to physics applied to the life sciences[39]
- TheNevill Mott Medal and Prizeis awarded for distinguished contributions to condensed matter physics[40][41]
- TheDavid TaborMedal and Prize is awarded for distinguished contributions to surface or nanoscale physics.[42]
- TheCecilia Payne-GaposchkinMedal and Prize is awarded for plasma or space physics[43][44]
- TheEdward Appleton Medal and Prizeis awarded for distinguished research inenvironmental,earthoratmospheric physics.Originally named afterCharles Chree,it was established in 1941 and is currently awarded in even-dated years.[45]
- TheThomas YoungMedal and Prize is awarded biennially in odd-numbered years, for distinguished research in the field of optics, including physics outside the visible region.[46]
- TheJoseph Thomson Medal and Prize,established in 2008, is awarded biennially, in even-numbered years, for distinguished research inatomic physics(includingquantum optics) ormolecular physics.[47]
- TheErnest RutherfordMedal and Prize, awarded biennially in even-numbered years, was instituted in 1966, replacing the Rutherford Memorial Lecture. The award recognises distinguished research innuclear physicsornuclear technologyand is named in honour ofLord Rutherford of Nelson.[48]
- TheJames ChadwickMedal and Prize is awarded "for distinguished contributions to particle physics."[49]
- TheFred Hoyle Medal and Prizeis awarded for distinguished contributions to astrophysics or cosmology[50][51]
- ThePeter MansfieldMedal and Prize is awarded formedical physics[52]
- TheJames Joule Medal and Prizeis awarded for applied physics[53]
- TheJames Clerk Maxwell Medal and Prizeis awarded annually (previously between 1962 and 1970, every two years) to recognize outstanding early-career contributions to theoretical physics.[54]
- TheHenry MoseleyMedal and Prize is awarded for exceptional early career contributions to experimental physics[55]
- TheJocelyn Bell BurnellMedal and Prize was originally known as the 'Very Early Career Female Physicist Award'[56]
- TheSimon Memorial Prize
Service to the IOP awards
[edit]- ThePresident's Medalcan 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.[57]
- ThePhillips Awardis awarded for distinguished service to the Institute of Physics.[58]
See also
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- ^"Paul Dirac Medal and Prize".Institute of Physics.Retrieved19 December2019.
- ^"Michael Faraday Medal and Prize".Institute of Physics.Retrieved24 August2011.
- ^"Richard Glazebrook Medal and Prize".Institute of Physics.Retrieved15 October2019.
- ^"John William Strutt Medal and Prize".Institute of Physics.
- ^"Sam Edwards Medal and Prize".Institute of Physics.Retrieved26 December2019.
- ^"Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize".Institute of Physics.Retrieved26 December2019.
- ^"Nevill Mott Medal and Prize".Institute of Physics.Retrieved26 December2019.
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- ^"Ernest Rutherford Medal and Prize".Institute of Physics.Retrieved20 December2019.
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- ^"Peter Mansfield Medal and Prize".Institute of Physics.Retrieved26 December2019.
- ^"James Joule Medal and Prize".Institute of Physics.Retrieved26 December2019.
- ^"James Clerk Maxwell Medal and Prize".Institute of Physics.Retrieved18 January2020.
- ^"Henry Moseley Medal and Prize".Institute of Physics.
- ^"Jocelyn Bell Burnell Medal and Prize".Institute of Physics.Retrieved23 December2019.
- ^"The President's medal".Institute of Physics.Retrieved19 December2019.
- ^"Phillips Award".Institute of Physics.Retrieved20 December2019.