Institute of Physics - Awards

Awards

The Institute of Physics bestows several awards to recognise and reward outstanding achievements in physics, in research, teaching, outreach work and industry. The awards are presented at a high-profile ceremony held annually in central London. The awards include:

• The Isaac Newton Medal, an international prize, awarded for outstanding contributions to physics.
• Swan Medal and Prize, for outstanding contributions to the organisation or application of physics in an industrial or commercial context.
• Dirac Medal and Prize, for outstanding contributions to theoretical physics.
• Faraday Medal and Prize (formerly the Guthrie Medal and Prize), for an internationally outstanding body of work in experimental physics.
• Glazebrook Medal and Prize, for outstanding contributions to physics organizations or the application of physics.
• Moseley Medal and Prize (formerly the Boys Medal and Prize), for distinguished research in experimental physics, which recognises physicists early in their careers.
• Bragg Medal and Prize, for significant contributions to physics education and to widening participation within it.
• Appleton Medal and Prize (formerly the Chree Medal and Prize), for distinguished research in environmental, earth or atmospheric physics.
• Gabor Medal and Prize (formerly the Duddell Medal and Prize), for distinguished work in the application of physics in an industrial, commercial or business context, including work that has enhanced the economic or social well being of the UK or Ireland.
• Kelvin Medal and Prize, for outstanding contributions to public engagement within physics.
• Maxwell Medal and Prize, for outstanding contributions to theoretical physics, mathematical or computational physics which recognises physicists early in their careers.
• Mott Medal and Prize, for distinguished research in condensed matter physics or material physics.
• Paterson Medal and Prize, for distinguished research in applied physics, including work which has the potential to enhance economic or social well being
• Rutherford Medal and Prize, for distinguished research in nuclear physics or nuclear technology.
• Young Medal and Prize, for distinguished research in the field of optics, including work related to physics outside the visible region.

• Chadwick Medal and Prize, for distinguished research in particle physics.
• Hoyle Medal and Prize, for distinguished research in astrophysics, gravitational physics or cosmology
• Franklin Medal and Prize, for distinguished research in physics applied to the life sciences including medical and biological physics
• Joule Medal and Prize, for distinguished research in applied physics.
• Payne-Gaposchkin Medal and Prize, for distinguished research in plasma, solar or space physics.
• Rayleigh Medal and Prize, for distinguished research in theoretical, mathematical or computational physics.
• Tabor Medal and Prize, for distinguished research in surface or nanoscale physics.
• Thomson Medal and Prize, for distinguished research in atomic (including quantum optics) or molecular physics.