Medals, Awards and Prizes
Each year, the Academy of Sciences distributes about 80 prizes. These include:
- the Grande Médaille, awarded annually, in rotation, in the relevant disciplines of each division of the Academy, to a French or foreign scholar who has contributed to the development of science in a decisive way.
- the Lalande Prize, awarded from 1802 through 1970, for outstanding achievement in astronomy
- the Richard Lounsbery Award, jointly with the National Academy of Sciences
- the Prix Jacques Herbrand – for physics
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