The IAU and the Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation

PPGF COSMOLOGY PRIZE

With the aim to promote the science of cosmology and other branches of astronomy, the Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation (PPGF) has created the PPGF Cosmology Prize .

The IAU Executive Committee (EC) recognizes this contribution to our science and shares the desire of the Gruber Foundation to give this distinction the highest possible scientific standing and international character. Accordingly, at its 73rd meeting in Manchester, UK, in August 2000, the IAU EC agreed to collaborate with the Gruber Foundation in the nomination of candidates and the selection of recipients, effective as of 1 January  2001.

The Cosmology Prize of the Gruber Foundation is awarded annually to one or more scientists of any nationality working in the fields of astronomy, physics, mathematics, and philosophy of science, for scientific advances in our understanding of the Universe and how we perceive it. The Cosmology Prize recipients are selected by an international Advisory Board of seven members, nominated by the IAU and three other international scientific unions in fields relevant to cosmology. The Cosmology Prize consists of a gold medal and a cash prize of, as of 2008, US$ 500,000.

Publicity

Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prizes are announced  jointly by the PPGF and the IAU, at a venue which has a tradition in astronomy. In the year of an IAU General Assembly, the Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize is announced during the Opening Ceremony of that General Assembly.

Nominations

Nominations for the PPGF Cosmology Prize 2009 will open on 2 April 2008, and will close on 15 December 2008. Nominations should follow the instructions given in :

http://www.gruberprizes.org/Nominations/Cosmology.php