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Home   |   Programs   |   Prizes, Awards and Fellowships   |   Awards, Medals & Lectureships   |   Maria Goeppert Mayer Award

Maria Goeppert Mayer Award

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To recognize and enhance outstanding achievement by a woman physicist in the early years of her career, and to provide opportunities for her to present these achievements to others through public lectures in the spirit of Maria Goeppert Mayer. The award consists of $2,500 plus a $4,000 travel allowance to provide opportunities for the recipient to give lectures in her field of physics at four institutions and at the meeting of the Society at which the award is bestowed and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. The award will be presented annually.

Establishment & Support

The award was established through sponsorship in 1985 by the General Electric Foundation (now the GE Fund).

Rules & Eligibility

This award is to be given to a woman during the early years of her career, not later than ten years after the granting of the Ph.D. degree, for scientific achievements that demonstrate her potential as an outstanding physicist. The lectures must be given at institutions within the United States or its possessions within two years after the award is made. Nominations are active for three years. The nominee must not have received her PhD earlier than ten years prior to the nomination deadline.

Nomination & Selection Process

The deadline for submission of nominations for the 2010 prize is July 1, 2009. The nomination package must include:

  • A letter of not more than 5,000 characters evaluating the nominees qualifications.
In addition, the nomination should include:
  • A biographical sketch.
  • A list of the most important publications.
  • At least two, but not more than four, seconding letters.
  • Up to five reprints or preprints.
There may be additional requirements for particular prizes and awards. Please read the rules carefully.

To complete a nomination click here for the electronic form. Letters can be signed electronically (for example, using an embedded facsimile) or physically. In the latter case, they should be digitally scanned. Filenames should include the name of the nominee.

Please contact Shelly Johnston for information on submitting updated  material for nominations held-over from the previous selection process.
 
Selection Committee Members: Natalie Meshkov, Clare Yu, Saskia Mioduszewski, Premala Chandra, Kawtar Hafidi
 
  Nomination Guidelines

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2009 Maria Goeppert Mayer Award Recipient:
Saskia Mioduszewski
Cyclotron Institute

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Past Recipients:

2008: Vassiliki Kalogera
2007: Amy Barger
2006: Hui Cao
2005: Yuri Suzuki
2004: Suzanne Therese Staggs
2003: Chung-Pei Ma
2002: Deborah S. Jin
2001: Janet M. Conrad
2000: Sharon C. Glotzer
1999: Andrea Mia Ghez
1998: Elizabeth Jane Beise
1997: Margaret Mary Murnane
1996: Marjorie Ann Olmstead
1995: Jacqueline N. Hewitt
1994: Laura H. Greene
1993: Ewine van Dishoeck
1992: Barbara H. Cooper
1991: Alice E. White
1990: Ellen Williams
1989: Cherry A. Murray
1988: Bonny L. Schumaker
1987: Louise A. Dolan
1986: Judith S. Young
 
 
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