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The Fellowship Program

The Society elects Fellows from among leading scientists in its membership. The list of fellows may be found here. The next link provides the rules for the governance of Fellowships. Instructions for submission of nominations may be found here. The nomination deadline is 31 December 2012.

Prizes

The Society awards a number of prizes, and also administers the funds for the GWIC thesis prize.

The IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Young Scientist Prize, offered for the first time in 2013, honors an outstanding young researcher in any area of our field The deadline for nominations is 15 February 2013 with the prize to be presented at GR20
The Xanthopoulos Prize for outstanding (preferably theoretical) contributions to gravitational physics. Regretfully, this prize will not be awarded until further notice.
The Jürgen Ehlers Thesis Prize for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis in mathematical and numerical relativity.
The Bergmann-Wheeler Thesis Prize for a outstanding Ph.D. thesis in the broad area of quantum gravity.
The GWIC thesis prize for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis based on research in gravitational waves. (An award of GWIC, not the Society.)
S. Chandrasekhar Post-Doctoral Awards for post-doc presentations at the GR conferences
The Hartle Awards for student presentations at the GR conferences.

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