Some of the major awards and organizations in the field of physics are explained in this section. Here you will learn about the some of the major awards scientists can earn.
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, an honorary organization dedicated to research in the pure and applied sciences. See more »
Whether you invented a revolutionary pair of skivvies or a way to turn cow manure into vanilla flavoring, we have an award for you. The Ig Nobels are proving that science isn't all seriousness and superstring theory.
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The Freemasons is a secret organization that began in the 1700s and is still in existence today. Who are the Freemasons? And what do they do in their secret meetings?
See more »American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest general scientific organization in the United States, and the largest federation of scientific organizations in the world.
See more »American Chemical Society, an organization of chemists and chemical engineers. It is the largest scientific society in the world.
See more »Battelle Memorial Institute, a private nonprofit organization that conducts research in the physical, natural, and social sciences.
See more »Carnegie Institution of Washington, an organization engaged in fundamental research in astronomy, the physical sciences, and the biological sciences.
See more »Fermi Award (in full, Enrico Fermi Award), a tax-free award normally made once or twice a year by the U.S.
See more »Franklin Institute (in full: Franklin Institute Science Museum and Planetarium), a science and technology museum and planetarium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
See more »International Council for Science, an organization for coordinating the work of international scientific bodies in the theoretical and applied sciences.
See more »National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the parent unit in a U.S. organization that promotes research in the behavioral, biological, physical, and social sciences in the United States.
See more »National Medal of Science, an annual award given to persons who have made, during their careers, outstanding contributions to the physical sciences, the biological sciences, mathematics, or engineering.
See more »Royal Institution of Great Britain, an institution in London for advancement of scientific research.
See more »Royal Society, The (in full: The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge), the oldest of British learned societies in the physical and natural sciences.
See more »Science, the systematic and unbiased study of the world, including everything that can be seen or detected in nature, man, and society, together with the knowledge that grows out of such study.
See more »Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, an honorary organization dedicated to research in the pure and applied sciences.
See more »Smithsonian Institution, the United States national museum. The Smithsonian occupies a number of buildings on the Mall and in other parts of Washington, D.C.
See more »Vetlesen Prize, a prize awarded every three years for "outstanding achievement in the sciences resulting in a clearer understanding of the earth, its history, or its relations to the universe." The Vetlesen Prize is intended to be the equivalent of a Nobel Prize for the field of geophysics.
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