Commission Awards honor the achievements of established renown physicists within the subfields of each Commission. Here for currently open calls for nominations, or the corresponding commission News page.
Recipients of IUPAP Awards are expected to meet the commonly held standards of professional ethics and scientific integrity. Nominators should include a statement saying that, to the best of their knowledge, there are no concerns that IUPAP should be aware of regarding the nominee satisfying this expectation.
List of Awards with links to a description of the recipients
- The SUNAMCO Medal, awarded by the Commission on Symbols, Units, Nomenclature, Atomic Masses and Fundamental Constants (C2).
- The Boltzmann Medal, awarded by the Commission on Statistical Physics (C3).
- The IUPAP-TIFR Homi Bhabha Award, awarded by the Commission on Astroparticle Physics (C4).
- The Fritz London Award, awarded by the Commission on Low Temperature Physics (C5)
- The IUPAP Medal for the Physics of Life (C6)
- The Young Author Best Paper Award, established by the Commission on Semiconductors (C8) and sponsored by the semiconductor industries of USA, Japan and Europe
- ICM Award in Magnetism and Néel Medal, established by the Commission on Magnetism (C9)
- IUPAP Kennedy Reed Medal For Outstanding Contributions To The Enhancement Of Physics In Developing Countries (C13)
- The ICPE Medal, established by the Commission on Physics Education (C14)
- Penning Award for Excellence in Low-Temperature Plasma Physics, established by the Commission on Plasma Physics (C16)
- Other Prizes in Astrophysics and Related Topics
- ICO Prize, awarded by the Commission for Optics (AC1)
- ICO Galileo Galilei Award, awarded by the Commission for Optics (AC1)