Honors

Annual Award

Purpose: To recognize outstanding contributions to the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of properties of highly ionized gases of natural or laboratory origin.

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Award: $10,000, a DPP meeting registration waiver and travel allowance, and a certificate citing the contribution.

Annual Award

Purpose: To recognize a particular recent outstanding achievement in plasma physics research.

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Award: $5,000 divided equally in the case of multiple recipients, a DPP meeting registration waiver and travel allowance, and a certificate citing the contribution.

Biennial Award

Purpose: To recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in plasma science research by a woman physicist in the early years of her career.

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Award: $5,000, a DPP meeting registration waiver, a certificate citing the contribution, and an invited talk.

Biennial Award

Purpose: To recognize outstanding theoretical, experimental, or technical contribution(s) in plasma physics and for advancing the collaboration and unity between Europe and the United States of America by joint research or research that advances knowledge that benefits the two communities in a unique way.

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Award: $4,000, a meeting registration waiver, and a certificate citing the contribution. The person or team receiving the award will be offered an invited talk at the forthcoming annual conference of APS-DPP or EPS-DPP, depending on the affiliation of the recipient(s).

Annual Award

Purpose: To recognize exceptional young scientists who have performed original thesis work of outstanding scientific quality and achievement in the area of plasma physics. 

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Award: $2,000, a DPP meeting registration waiver, a certificate citing the contribution, and an invited talk on the recipient’s doctoral research at the DPP meeting.

Annual Award

Purpose: To recognize an individual researcher who has made outstanding contributions (theoretical, experimental, computational, or technical) in plasma physics early in their career. Areas of plasma physics covered by the Award include, but are not limited to, fundamental plasma physics, fusion plasmas, astrophysical or space plasmas, low-temperature plasmas, or high-energy-density plasmas.

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Award: $5,000, a DPP meeting registration waiver and travel allowance, and a certificate citing the contribution, and up to two complimentary DPP meeting banquet tickets.

Annual Award

Purpose: To recognize an early-career individual for an outstanding scientific contribution to physics that is deemed to have significant potential for a dramatic impact on the field.

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Award:  $10,000, a certificate citing the contribution made by the recipient, an allowance for travel to the APS Medal and Prize Ceremony and Reception in Washington, D.C., and an invited talk at an APS March or April Meeting.

Annual Award

Purpose: To recognize contributions of the highest level that advance our knowledge and understanding of the physical universe in all its facets.

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Award:  $50,000, a certificate citing the contribution made by the recipient, an allowance for travel to the APS Medal and Prize Ceremony and Reception in Washington, D.C., and an invited talk at an APS March or April Meeting.

Biennial Award

Purpose: For outstanding contributions to understanding the physics of partially ionized plasmas and gases

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Award:  $10,000 and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient.

Annual Award

Purpose: This award recognizes the humanitarian aspect of physics and physicists created through public lectures and public media, teaching, research, or science related activities.

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Award:  $3,000, Nicholson medal, and a certificate which includes the citation for which the recipient has been recognized.