List of American Physical Society prizes and awards
The American Physical Society gives out a number of awards for research excellence and conduct; topics include outstanding leadership, computational physics, lasers, mathematics, and more. ;David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics ;Will Allis Prize for the Study of Ionized Gases ;Leroy Apker Award ;APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research ;Hans A. Bethe Prize ;Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics ;Edward A. Bouchet Award ;Herbert P. Broida Prize ;Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize ;Davisson–Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics ;John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research ;Max Delbruck Prize in Biological Physics ;Einstein Prize ;Herman Feshbach Prize in Theoretical Nuclear Physics ;Fluid Dynamics Prize ;Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award ;Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics ;DPF Instrumentation Award ;Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids ;Leo P. Kadanoff Prize ;Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science ;Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics ;Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize ;James Clerk Maxwell Prize ;James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials ;Lars Onsager Prize in Statistical Physics ;Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics ;George E. Pake Prize ;Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics ;Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy & Dynamics ;Polymer Physics Prize ;Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics ;Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics ;Norman F. Ramsey Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, and in Precision Tests of Fundamental Laws and Symmetries ;Andrei Sakharov Prize ;J. J. Sakurai Prize ;Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science ;Leo Szilard Lectureship Award ;George E. Valley, Jr. Prize ;John Wheatley Award ;Robert R. Wilson Prize for Achievement in the Physics of Particle Accelerators "To recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in the physics of particle accelerators. The prize consists of $10,000, an allowance for travel to the meeting at which the prize is awarded and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. It is presented annually." The prize is named after Robert R. Wilson.
