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 PPGF 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 PPGF 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 2007, US$ 500,000.
Publicity
PPGF 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 PPGF Cosmology Prize is announced during the Opening Ceremony of that General Assembly.
Nominations
Nominations for the PPGF Cosmology Prize 2008 will open on 2 April 2007, and will close on 31 December 2007. Nominations should follow the instructions given in :
