Prizes and Awards

The CfA sponsors several annual endowed lectures. The Bok Prize and the pH and Clay Lectures honor young scholars. The Payne-Gaposchkin and Sackler Lectures honor more senior scientists for a career of distinguished scientific accomplishments.  Information on the endowed lectures, including abstracts and video of the lecture, can be found at Endowed Lectures.

Annual fellowships and prizes recognize the achievements of current and former students in the Harvard University Department of Astronomy, including the following:

Student Awards

• Bok Prize

• Fireman Fellowship (Graduate)

• Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize

• Leo Goldberg Prize

• Peirce Fellowship

• Eric Keto Prize