AAS Awards

• Henry Norris Russell Lectureship. annual. For lifetime achievment.
• Newton Lacy Pierce Prize. annual. Age <36. Outstanding observational research.
• Helen B. Warner Prize. annual. Age <36. Outstanding theoretical research.
• George Van Biesbroeck Prize. annual. Long-term extraordinary service.
• Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize. biennial. Outstanding research of exceptionally innovative or creative character.
• Dannie Heineman Prize. annual. Joint with AIP. annual. Outstanding work in astrophysics.
• Annie Jump Cannon Award. annual. Joint with AAUW. To a woman for distinguished contributions to astronomy or closely related science.
• Award for Public Service to Science. annual (up to 4 awards). Joint with AMS and APS. Outstanding public service in support of science.

Division for Planetary Sciences

• Masursky Meritorious Service Award. annually. Outstanding service to the field of planetary science.
• Gerard P. Kuiper Prize. annually. Outstanding contributors over a career
• Harold C. Urey Prize. annually. Age < 36. Outstanding achievment.
• Carl Sagan Medal. annually. Communication to the public.

Division on Dynamical Astronomy

• Dirk Brouwer Award. Outstanding contributions in dynamical astronomy.

High Energy Astrophysics Division

• Bruno Rossi Prize. annual. Significant recent contribution to high energy astrophysics.
• David N. Schramm Prize. annual. Distinguished public writing on high energy astrophysics.

Historical Astronomy Division

• LeRoy E. Doggett Prize. biennial. A publication that significantly illuminates the field or a long term effort that significantly influenced the field.

Solar Physics Division

• George Ellery Hale Prize. biennial. outstanding contributions to solar astronomy over an extended period.
• Popular Science Writing Award. annual. Article in the past year that best communicates to the public recent results about sun or heliosphere. One (of two) each year is reserved for a scientist.