The British Geophysical AssociationPlease contact the BGA Awards Officer for omissions or advice in nominating for any of the listed awards.
| Body | Award | Criteria | Career Stage | Link | Deadline |
| Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) | Maurice Ewing Medal | Awarded to a person who has made distinguished contributions both to the advancement of the science and to the profession of exploration geophysics. | Award website | 1 January | |
| Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) | Honorary Membership | Distinguished contributions to exploration geophysics or a related field or to the advancement of the profession of exploration geophysics through service to the Society. | Award website | 1 January | |
| Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) | Kauffman Gold Medal | Outstanding contribution to the advancement of the science of geophysical exploration as manifested during the previous five years. | Award website | 1 January | |
| Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) | Reginald Fessenden Award | A person who has made a specific technical contribution to exploration geophysics, such as an invention or a theoretical or conceptual advancement, which merits special recognition. | Award website | 1 January | |
| Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) | J. Clarence Karcher Award | Significant contributions to the science and technology of exploration geophysics by a young geophysicist of outstanding abilities who merits such recognition. | Early career (<35) | Award website | 1 January |
| Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) | Distinguished Achievement Award | A company, institution, or other organization for a specific technical contribution or contributions that have substantially advanced the science of exploration geophysics. | Award website | 1 January | |
| Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) | Life Membership Award | Conferred on persons who have voluntarily rendered exceptionally meritorious service to the Society that warrants recognition. | Award website | 1 January | |
| Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) | Special Commendation | Recognising and honouring deserving persons for meritorious services to the public, the scientific community, or to our profession. | Award website | 1 January | |
| Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) | Outstanding Educator Award | Excellence in geophysics education. | Award website | 1 January | |
| Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) | Craig J. Beasley Award for Social Contribution | Meritorious achievement that supports the application of geophysics to a humanitarian, public service, or other socially significant cause. | Award website | 1 January | |
| IUGG Commission Mathematical Geophysics | Vladimir Keilis-Borok Medal | Recognizes middle career scientists who made important contributions to the field of mathematical geophysics. The aim of the Medal is to honor the legacy of Keilis-Borok – a visionary science leader and organizer, prolific seismologist and mathematical geophysicist, the CMG founder, and former IUGG President – in promoting transformative scientific advancement and selfless leadership. | Mid career | Award website | 28 January |
| Institute of Physics | Edward Appleton Medal | Distinguished contributions in environmental/earth/atmospheric physics | Award website | 29 January | |
| Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | Keith Runcorn Thesis Prize | Best doctoral thesis in geophysics (including planetary science and solar physics) is awarded annually. | PhD students | Award website | 31 January |
| Royal Society | Bakerian Medal and Lecture | Is the premier lecture in the physical sciences. | Senior scientist | Award website | 21 February |
| Royal Society | Clifford Paterson Medal and Lecture | Awarded for outstanding contributions in the field of engineering. | Award website | 21 February | |
| Royal Society | Copley Medal | Awarded for sustained, outstanding achievements in any field of science, alternating annually between the physical and biological sciences. In 2025, the medal will be awarded for the physical sciences. | Award website | 21 February | |
| Royal Society | Davy Medal | Awarded for outstanding contributions in the field of chemistry. | Award website | 21 February | |
| Royal Society | Hughes Medal | Awarded for outstanding contributions in the field of energy. | Award website | 21 February | |
| Royal Society | Leverhulme Medal | Awarded for outstanding contributions in the field of chemical engineering and applied chemistry. | Award website | 21 February | |
| Royal Society | Royal Medal (physical sciences) | Awarded for the advancement of ‘natural knowledge’ in the physical sciences. | Senior scientist | Award website | 21 February |
| Royal Society | Royal Society Environment Medal and Lecture | Awarded to an individual or team for outstanding and sustained work in environmental science. | Award website | 21 February | |
| Royal Society | Royal Society Rising Star Africa Prize | Recognises early-career research scientists based in Africa who are making an innovative contribution to the physical, mathematical and engineering sciences. | Early career scientist | Award website | 21 February |
| Royal Society | Rumford Medal | Awarded for outstanding contributions in the field of physics. | Award website | 21 February | |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | Harry H. Hess Medal | Outstanding achievements in research on the constitution and evolution of the Earth and other planets. | Senior scientist | Award website | 12 April |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | Inge Lehmann Medal | Outstanding contributions to the understanding of the structure, composition, and dynamics of the Earth’s mantle and core. | Senior scientist | Award website | 12 April |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | Joanne Simpson Medal | Significant contributions to Earth and space science. | Mid-career scientist | Award website | 12 April |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | William Gilbert Award | Outstanding and unselfish work in magnetism of Earth materials and of the Earth and planets, including geomagnetism, paleomagnetism, and electromagnetism. | Award website | 12 April | |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | Fred Whipple Award | Significant contributions to the field of planetary science from a mid-career or senior scientist. | Award website | 12 April | |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | William Bowie Medal | Outstanding contributions to fundamental Earth and space science and for unselfish cooperation in research. | Senior scientist | Award website | 12 April |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | John Adam Fleming Medal | Original research and technical leadership in geomagnetism, atmospheric electricity, aeronomy, space physics, and/or related sciences. | Senior scientist | Award website | 12 April |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | Africa Award for Research Excellence in Earth or Ocean Sciences | Early career scientist from the African continent in recognition of significant work that shows the focus and promise of making outstanding contributions to research in Earth or ocean sciences. | Early career scientist | Award website | 12 April |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | Ambassador Award | Outstanding contributions to one or more of the following areas: societal impact, service to the Earth and space community, scientific leadership, and promotion of talent/career pool. | Early career, mid-career, or senior scientist | Award website | 12 April |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | Athelstan Spilhaus Award | Recognition of enhancement of public engagement with Earth and space sciences through devoting portions of their career conveying to the general public the excitement, significance, and beauty of Earth and space science. | Early career, mid-career, or senior scientist | Award website | 12 April |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | Award for Advancing Inclusive Excellence in STEM | Exemplary efforts made by an individual or team for developing program/s, systems, or networks that have led to the advancement of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the Earth and space sciences community. | Early career, mid-career, or senior scientist | Award website | 12 April |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | Edward A. Flinn III Award | Personifies AGU’s motto ‘unselfish cooperation in research’ through their facilitating, coordinating, and implementing activities. | Mid-career or senior scientist | Award website | 12 April |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | Excellence in Earth and Space Science Education Award | Mid-career or senior scientist team, individual, or group demonstrating a sustained commitment to excellence in geophysical education. | Mid-career or senior scientist | Award website | 12 April |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | International Award | Mid-career or senior scientist team, individual, or group in recognition of making an outstanding contribution to furthering the Earth and space sciences and using science for the benefit of society in developing nations. | Mid-career or senior scientist | Award website | 12 April |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | Lifetime Achievement Award for Diversity and Inclusion | Exemplary efforts made throughout a senior scientist’s career for developing program/s, systems, or networks that have led to the advancement of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the Earth and space science profession. | Nominee must be experienced and an established leader in their field | Award website | 12 April |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | Science for Solutions Award | Significant contributions in the application and use of the Earth and space science to solve societal problems. | Student or postdoctoral scientist | Award website | 12 April |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | Waldo E. Smith Award | Extraordinary service to Earth and space science | Active AGU member | Award website | 12 April |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | Open Science Recognition Prize | Person or team for outstanding work in advancing Open Science related to Earth and space science and its impact globally. | Open to the public; self-nominations are allowed | Award website | 12 April |
| Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | Patricia Tomkins Undergraduate Prize | The prize will be awarded for excellent laboratory work on instrumentation undertaken as part of a course related to astronomy or geophysics. | Undergraduate | Award website | 31 May |
| European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Alexander von Humboldt Medal | Scientists who have performed research in developing regions for the benefit of people and society, through which they have achieved exceptional international standing in geosciences, planetary or space sciences, defined in their widest senses. | Award website | 15 June | |
| European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Arthur Holmes Medal | Scientists who have achieved exceptional international standing in solid Earth geosciences, defined in their widest senses, for their merit and their scientific achievements. | Award website | 15 June | |
| European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Arne Richter Award | Scientific achievements in any field of the geosciences made by an Early Career Scientist. | Early career scientist | Award website | 15 June |
| European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Katia and Maurice Krafft Award | Researchers who have developed and implemented innovative and inclusive methods for engaging with and communicating a geoscience topic or event with a diverse audience. | Award website | 15 June | |
| European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Union Service Award | Outstanding service and/or exceptional efforts in the promotion, growth and running of the Union. | Award website | 15 June | |
| European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Augustus Love Medal | Distinguished scientist in the field of geodynamics, comprising mantle and core convection, tectonophysics, post-glacial rebound and Earth rotation. | Award website | 15 June | |
| European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Beno Gutenberg Medal | Outstanding contributions to seismology | Award website | 15 June | |
| European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Christiaan Huygens Medal | Awarded for an innovation, development or discovery that has had major impact in its field, or for a series of contributions, during an extended period, that has led to significant progress. | Award website | 15 June | |
| European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Ian McHarg Medal | Distinguished research in information technology applied to Earth and space sciences. | Award website | 15 June | |
| European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Lewis Fry Richardson Medal | Exceptional contributions to nonlinear geosciences in general. | Award website | 15 June | |
| European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award | Scientific achievement made by an Early Career Scientist in the field(s) covered by the related division. | Early career scientist | Award website | 15 June |
| British Geophysical Association (BGA) | Undergraduate Prize in Geophysics | Recipients are nominated by their host institutions and can be selected on any basis. | Undergraduate | Award website | End of academic year |
| International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) | Early Career Scientists Award | Early career scientists for outstanding research in Earth and space sciences and for their international research cooperation | Early career scientist | Award website | June |
| Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | Honorary Fellowship | The Society may honour any person normally resident outside the UK, eminent in the fields of geophysics or closely related branches of science, by election as an Associate of the Society (an Honorary Fellow) | Award website | 31 July | |
| Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | Gold Medal | Not only outstanding personal researches in the fields of geophysics but also the more general contributions to this subject that may be made through leadership in research programmes, through education and through scientific administration. | Award website | 31 July | |
| Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | Price Medal | Single investigations or a series of closely-linked investigations of outstanding merit into the formation and composition of the Earth and/or planets | Early career, mid-career, or senior scientist | Award website | 31 July |
| Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | Agnes Mary Clerke Medal for Historical Research | Awarded every three years to an individual who has achieved outstanding personal research into the history of astronomy or geophysics. | Award website | 31 July | |
| Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | Fowler Award | Individuals who have made a particularly noteworthy contribution to geophysics (including emerging areas), within 10 years of completing their PhD. | Early career scientist | Award website | 31 July |
| Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | Winton Award | Individual in a UK institution whose career has shown the most promising development within five years of completing their PhD (including emerging areas) | Early career scientist | Award website | 31 July |
| Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | Group Award | Outstanding achievement by large consortia of academics or Professional–Amateur collaborations in any branch of geophysics (including emerging areas), where it is not appropriate to present, jointly, one of the other awards of the Society. | Award website | 31 July | |
| Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | Service Award | Honour individuals or team leaders who, through outstanding or exceptional work, have promoted, facilitated or encouraged the sciences of astronomy or geophysics and developed their role nationally or internationally but whose achievement does not fall within the criteria of the Society’s other awards. | Award website | 31 July | |
| Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | Harold Jeffreys Lecture | Given annually by an authoritative and engaging speaker on a suitable topic in geophysics. | Award website | 31 July | |
| British Geophysical Association (BGA) | Bullerwell Lecture | Awarded to an outstanding early-career geoscientist in recognition of their contribution to geophysics in the UK. | Early career | Award website | Early September |
| International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) | Fellowship | Individuals who have made exceptional contributions to international cooperation in geodesy or geophysics and attained eminence in the field of Earth and space sciences. | Award website | September | |
| The Geological Society (GSL) | Wollaston Medal | Geoscientists who have had a significant influence by means of a substantial body of excellent research in either or both ‘pure’ and ‘applied’ aspects of the science. | Award website | September | |
| The Geological Society (GSL) | Lyell Medal | Breadth as well as depth in contributions, normally given for contributions to ‘soft’ rock studies. | Award website | September | |
| The Geological Society (GSL) | Murchison Medal | Breadth as well as depth in contributions, normally given for contributions to ‘hard’ rock studies. | Award website | September | |
| The Geological Society (GSL) | William Smith Medal | Breadth as well as depth in contributions to applied or economic aspects of geoscience. | Award website | September | |
| The Geological Society (GSL) | Coke Medals | Made to geoscientists for their contributions to science, in addition to significant service to geoscience, for example through administrative, organisational or promotional activities resulting in benefits to the community. | Award website | September | |
| The Geological Society (GSL) | R H Worth Award | In recognition of achievements in outreach, public engagement and/or education carried out by an individual or an institution. | Award website | September | |
| The Geological Society (GSL) | Distinguished Service Award | Significant contributions to geoscience and the geoscience community by virtue of their professional, administrative, organisational or promotional activities. | Award website | September | |
| The Geological Society (GSL) | Wollaston Fund | Awarded to early career geoscientists who have made excellent contributions in either or both ‘pure’ and ‘applied’ aspects of geoscience research and its application, in the UK and internationally. | Early career | Award website | September |
| The Geological Society (GSL) | Lyell Fund | Awarded to early career geoscientists who have made excellent contributions in ‘soft rock’ aspects of geoscience research and its application, in the UK and internationally. | Early career | Award website | September |
| The Geological Society (GSL) | Murchison Fund | Awarded to early career geoscientists who have made excellent contributions in ‘hard rock’ aspects of geoscience research and its application, in the UK and internationally. | Early career | Award website | September |
| The Geological Society (GSL) | William Smith Fund | Awarded to early career geoscientists who have made excellent contributions in applied and economic aspects of geoscience research and its application, in the UK and internationally. | Early career | Award website | September |
| The Geological Society (GSL) | President’s Awards | Early career geoscientists who are within eight years (full-time equivalent) of the award of their first degree in geoscience or a cognate subject, who show significant early promise and are judged to have potential to be future leaders in their fields. | Early career | Award website | September |
| Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | Annie Maunder Medal for Outreach | Open to everyone involved in outreach or public engagement for astronomy or geophysics. | Individuals or teams. Academics, amateurs, and professionals (including those whose main occupation is outreach or public engagement). | Award website | Last Friday in September |
| Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | RAS Education Award: Primary | Awarded for particularly noteworthy contributions to astronomy or geophysics by primary teachers. | Award website | last Friday in September | |
| Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | RAS Education Award: Secondary/Further Education | Awarded for particularly noteworthy contributions to astronomy or geophysics by secondary or FE teachers. | Award website | last Friday in September | |
| Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) | RAS Education Award: Higher Education | Awarded for particularly noteworthy contributions to undergraduate or postgraduate student supervision in higher education of astronomy or geophysics. | Award website | last Friday in September | |
| International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) | Gold Medal | Outstanding contributions to geodesy and geophysics and for unselfish international cooperation in research | Award website | October | |
| European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) | Desiderius Erasmus Award | Presented to a geoscientist or engineer in recognition of his/her outstanding and lasting achievements in the field of resource exploration and development. | Award website | 31 October | |
| European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) | Conrad Schlumberger Award | Presented to a member of the Association who has made an outstanding contribution over a period of time to scientific and technical advancements of the geosciences, particularly geophysics. | Award website | 31 October | |
| European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) | Arie van Weelden Award | A highly significant contribution to one or more of the disciplines in our Association and who qualifies as an EAGE Young Professional (a geoscientist or engineer aged 35 or below) at the time of their nomination. | Early career scientist | Award website | 31 October |
| European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) | Honorary Memberships Award | Conferred upon a member of EAGE who has made a highly significant and distinguished technical and/or non-technical contribution to the geoscience community at large or to EAGE in particular. | Award website | 31 October | |
| European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) | Desiderius Erasmus Award | Award for Lifetime Contribution in the field of resource exploration and development. | Award website | 31 October | |
| European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) | Conrad Schlumberger Award | Award for Outstanding Contribution to the scientific and technical advancement of the geosciences, particularly geophysics. | Award website | 31 October | |
| European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) | Arie van Weelden Award | Award for Young Professional who has made a highly significant contribution to one or more of the disciplines in our Association. | Early Career | Award website | 31 October |
| European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) | Honorary Memberships | Award for highly significant and distinguished contribution to the geoscience community at large or to the Association in particular. | Award website | 31 October | |
| European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) | Alfred Wegener Award | Award for Outstanding Contribution to the scientific and technical advancement of EAGE’s disciplines, particularly petroleum geoscience and engineering | Award website | 31 October | |
| Copernicus Gesellschaft e.V. | Copernicus Medal | The aim of the Copernicus Medal is threefold:1) It recognizes ingenious, innovative work in the geosciences or in the planetary and space sciences;2) It recognizes exceptional efforts in community services such as promoting international collaboration, leading engagement in the organization of international conferences, workshops, or summer schools, and engaging in public outreach;3) It is dedicated to colleagues in the midst of their scientific career (e.g., no later than 20 years after receiving the PhD degree). | Mid career | Award website | 15 November |
| Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) | J. Tuzo Wilson Medal | The J. Tuzo Wilson Medal is given annually to recognize scientists who make outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge in any research area of the Union. | Award website | 12 December |
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