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The IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Early Career Scientist Prize
As an affiliated commission (AC2) of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG) offers an annual IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize. The IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prizes recognize outstanding achievements of scientists at early stages of their career. Each prize consists of a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient, a medal and 1000 euros.
The conditions for the prize are:
The IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Early Career Scientist Prize can be for work in any area of relativity and gravitation, theoretical or experimental.
On 1 February 2025, nominees must have a maximum of eight years of research experience (excluding career interruptions) following the Ph.D. (or equivalent) degree. They are expected to have displayed significant achievement and exceptional promise for future achievements in relativity and gravitation.
The primary nominator must be a member of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation.
Nominations may be made by any member of ISGRG (other than the nominee) and should be accompanied by a CV, a proposed citation of 30-50 words summarizing the reason for the nomination, a list of publications and a description (about one page long) of the specific achievements of the nominee, who need not be an ISGRG member.
It is important that the selection committee has specific information that allows it to determine what the nominee has contributed and how this will impact the subject. Therefore it will be extremely helpful to the selection committee to receive at least two additional letters supporting the nomination that detail the expected significance of the contributions of the nominee.
It is also appropriate to submit additional materials such as published articles.
In the case of co-authored or multi-authored publications, it is essential for nominators and supporters to discuss the nominee's precise contributions, if known, in addition to the work's overall significance.
The entire package should be bundled into a single PDF file and emailed to the Secretary of ISGRG, garfinkl@oakland.edu, by 1 February 2025. The winner will be announced on 14 March 2025 and the award made shortly thereafter. The official presentation of the award will be made at the GR24 conference in 2025.
IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize in General Relativity and Gravitation Recipients
2013, Lisa Barsotti , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "For her numerous contributions to the development
of gravitational wave detectors, especially for leading
the demonstration of the utility of squeezed light in
improving gravitational wave detector performance."
2014, Jorge E. Santos, Stanford University and Cambridge University, "For finding the first example of a classical gravitational instability of an asymptotically flat vacuum higher-dimensional black hole solution; for using numerical methods to construct novel anti-de Sitter black hole solutions and using these to explore the connections between gravitational systems and inhomogeneous strongly coupled condensed matter systems."
2015, Nicolas Yunes, Montana State University, "For his wide-ranging and important contributions to the field of gravitational wave astrophysics"
2016, Ivan Agullo, Louisiana State University, "For his outstanding contributions to the physics of the early universe and possible observational consequences of quantum gravity."
2017, Aron C. Wall, Institute for Advanced Studies, "For his fundamental contributions to our understanding of gravitational entropy and the generalized second law of thermodynamics."
2018, Samuel E. Gralla, University of Arizona, "For his exceptional and broadly varied contributions to general relativity and relativistic astrophysics."
2019, Kent Yagi, University of Virginia, "For his insightful and broad contributions to the physics of gravitational waves, neutron stars, and experimental gravitation."
2020, Davide Gerosa, University of Birmingham, "For his outstanding contributions to gravitational-wave astrophysics, including new tests of general relativity."
2021, Christopher Berry, Northwestern University and University of Glasgow, "For key contributions to gravitational-wave discoveries, mentoring and leadership to support the research community, and effective public outreach."
2022, Katerina Chatziioannou, California Institute of Technology, "For exceptional contributions to gravitational-wave astrophysics and the effort to constrain the equation of state of nuclear matter from neutron-star mergers."
2023, Tim Dietrich, University of Potsdam, "For his essential contributions to the development of gravitational-wave and electromagnetic models for binary-neutron star systems, his multi-messenger studies placing new constraints on the properties of supranuclear-dense matter, and his important role and engagement within international scientific collaborations."
2024, Alexandru (Alex) Lupsasca, Vanderbilt University, "For studies of the universal properties and observational signatures of black hole photon rings"
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