COSPAR AWARDS AND MEDALS

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COSPAR SPACE SCIENCE AWARD

The COSPAR Award honors a scientist who has made outstanding contributions to space science. All scientists working in any field covered by COSPAR are eligible for this award.

Previous recipients:

2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012
Stamatios M. Krimigis & Christopher T. Russell	Jacques E. Blamont & Vasily I. Moroz	Eberhard Gruen & Atsuhiro Nishida	George Gloeckler & Ken Pounds
1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000
John A. Simpson	Edward C. Stone Jr.	Gerhard Haerendel & Joachim E. Trumper	Norman F. Ness & Minoru Oda	Catherine Cesarsky & Marcia Neugebauer	Roger M. Bonnet & Donald M. Hunten
			1984	1986	1988
			James A. Van Allen	Ludwig F. Biermann	Konstantin I. Gringauz & S.L. Mandelshtam

Nominations must be signed or endorsed by a COSPAR Bureau member, a representative of a COSPAR National or Scientific Union member, a member of the COSPAR Scientific Advisory Committee, a COSPAR Scientific Commission or Panel chair or vice-chair, or by a previous recipient of a COSPAR honor (except Zeldovich).

COSPAR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION MEDAL

This medal is awarded to a scientist who has made distinguished contributions to space science and whose work has contributed significantly to the promotion of international scientific cooperation. All scientists working in any field covered by COSPAR are eligible for this medal. This medal may also be awarded to a group of scientists.

Previous recipients:

2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012
Andre Brack	Stephen S. Holt	Raymond A. Greenwald	Marvin A. Geller
1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000
Bengt Hultqvist	Hubert Curien	Ranjan R. Daniel	Anatoli I. Grigoriev	Reimar Lüst	John H. Carver
			1984	1986	1988
			Roald Z. Sagdeev	The Inter-Agency Consultative Group	Cornelis de Jager

Nominations must be signed or endorsed by a COSPAR Bureau member, a representative of a COSPAR National or Scientific Union member, a member of the COSPAR Scientific Advisory Committee, a COSPAR Scientific Commission or Panel chair or vice-chair, or by a previous recipient of a COSPAR honor (except Zeldovich).

COSPAR WILLIAM NORDBERG MEDAL

This medal commemorates the work of the late William Nordberg and is awarded to a scientist who has made a distinguished contribution to the application of space science in a field covered by COSPAR.

Previous recipients:

2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012
Moustafa Chahine	Louis J. Lanzerotti	John P. Burrows	Joe Waters
1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000
Desmond G. King-Hele	John Theodore Houghton	Pierre Morel	Charles Elachi	Anne M. Thompson	Kenichi Ijiri
					1988
					S. Ichtiaque Rasool

Nominations must be signed or endorsed by a COSPAR Bureau member, a representative of a COSPAR National or Scientific Union member, a member of the COSPAR Scientific Advisory Committee, a COSPAR Scientific Commission or Panel chair or vice-chair, or by a previous recipient of a COSPAR honor (except Zeldovich).

COSPAR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL

This medal recognizes extraordinary services rendered to COSPAR over many years.

Previous recipients:

2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
-	-	-	-	-	Isaac Révah
1992	1993	1994	1996	2001	2002
Zdzislaw Niemirowicz	Jean-François Denisse	Antal J. Somogyi	Richard C. Hart	Stanislaw Grzedzielski	-

Nominations must be signed by a member of the COSPAR Bureau.

Nominations for the four awards listed above will be considered by an Awards Committee appointed by the COSPAR Bureau. After considering the recommendations of the Awards Committee, the Bureau will make a final selection.

JOINT AWARDS

MASSEY AWARD

The Royal Society of London/COSPAR Massey Award honors the memory of Sir Harrie Massey, FRS, past Physical Secretary of the Society and past member of the COSPAR Bureau. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the development of space research, interpreted in the widest sense, in which a leadership role is of particular importance. These are the only requirements, and the award is open to all candidates from any country.

Previous recipients:

2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012
Giovanni Bignami & Jacques Paul	Yasuo Tanaka	Charles Elachi	Giovanni G. Fazio
1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000
Hendrik C. van de Hulst	Herbert Friedman	Robert Wilson	Johannes Geiss	Rashid A. Sunyaev	Stuart C. Bowyer

Nominations must be signed or endorsed by a COSPAR Bureau member, a representative of a COSPAR National or Scientific Union member, a member of the COSPAR Scientific Advisory Committee, a COSPAR Scientific Commission or Panel chair or vice-chair, or by a previous recipient of a COSPAR honor (except Zeldovich).

Nominations will be reviewed by the COSPAR Awards Committee. The COSPAR Bureau will submit a short list of candidates, in order of preference, to the Royal Society stating the total number of candidates and explaining the reasons for ordering the list as presented.

VIKRAM SARABHAI MEDAL

This medal is awarded jointly by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and COSPAR in honor of Vikram Sarabhai, considered one of the architects of modern India. The medal is awarded for outstanding contributions to space research in developing countries. For a candidate to be eligible for this award, her or his relevant work must have been carried out mainly in the five year period ending one year before the COSPAR Scientific Assembly at which the medal is to be presented. This medal is open to candidates from any country.

Previous recipients:

2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012
Ronglan Xu	Albert Peter Willmore	Marcos E. Machado	Mangalathayil A. Abdu
1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000
Vladimir A. Kotelnikov	C.-Y. Tu	Jacques E. Blamont	U.R. Rao	D. James Baker	Zhen-Xing Liu

Nominations must be signed or endorsed by a COSPAR Bureau member, a representative of a COSPAR National or Scientific Union member, a member of the COSPAR Scientific Advisory Committee, a COSPAR Scientific Commission or Panel chair or vice-chair, or by a previous recipient of a COSPAR honor (except Zeldovich).

Nominations will be reviewed by the COSPAR Awards Committee. The Bureau will submit a short list of candidates, in order of preference, to ISRO stating the total number of candidates and explaining the reasons for ordering the list as presented.

JEOUJANG JAW AWARD

The Jeoujang Jaw Award, bestowed jointly by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and COSPAR, recognizes scientists who have made distinguished pioneering contributions to promoting space research, establishing new space science research branches and founding new exploration programs.

Previous recipients:

Nominations must be signed or endorsed by a COSPAR Bureau member, a representative of a COSPAR National or Scientific Union member, a member of the COSPAR Scientific Advisory Committee, a COSPAR Scientific Commission or Panel chair or vice-chair, or by a previous recipient of a COSPAR honor (except Zeldovich).

Nominations will be reviewed by the COSPAR Awards Committee. The Bureau will submit a short list of candidates, in order of preference, to CAS stating the total number of candidates and explaining the reasons for ordering the list as presented.

ZELDOVICH MEDALS

The Zeldovich Medals are conferred by the Russian Academy of Sciences and COSPAR to young scientists for excellence and achievements. They honor the memory of the distinguished astrophysicist Academician Yakov B. Zeldovich.

Previous recipients:

Scientific Commission	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008
SC A	Sarah T. Gille	Steven R. Jayne	Christa D. Peters-Lidard	Olga V. Kalashnikova	Kauzar Saleh Contell
SC B	Roland Meier	Francois Forget	Hideyo Kawakita	Tristan Guillot	no award
SC C	Stephen D. Eckermann	Vladimir Truhlik	no award	Marina Galand & Viviane Pierrard	Jonathan J. Makela
SC D	Vassilis Angelopoulos	Anatoli A. Petrukovich	Elizabeth A. Lucek	Vladislav Izmodenov	Olena Podladchikova
SC E	Takeshi Tsuru	Toshifumi Shimizu	Alexey A. Vikhlinin	Mikhail Revnivtsev	Sergey A. Bogachev
SC F	Max P. Bernstein	Patrice Coll	Irina V. Shumilina	Natalie Baecker	Thomas Berger
SC G	Jens P. Leypoldt	Pierre Colinet	Thomas Boeck	Ichiro Ueno	Farzam Zoueshtiagh
SC H	Alberto Vecchio	Robert W. Brumley	William J. Weber	Diana Shaul	Tim van Zoest
Scientific Commission	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998
SC A	Bernard Pinty	Robert R. Leben	Ivan Csiszar	Franz H. Berger	Jochen Harnisch
SC B	Jonathan I. Lunine	N.G.M. Thomas	Philippe Zarka	Emmanuel Lelouch	Jane Luu
SC C	Michael Lockwood	Dmitry V. Titov	Oleg I. Korablev	Shun-Rong Zhang	Patrick G.J. Irwin
SC D	Karl-Heinz Glassmeier	Yoshiharu Omura	Sandra C. Chapman	Michele K. Dougherty	Masafumi Hirahara
SC E	Michiel van der Klis	Marat R. Gilfanov	Eugene Churazov	Tadayasu Dotani	Sergei A. Grebenev
Subcom. D2/E2	-	-	-	Gary P. Zank	Taro Sakao
SC F	Alexey M. Alpatov	R. Hemmersbach- Krause	David T. Smernoff	Dimitry O. Meshkov	Etienne de Vanssay
SC G	Johannes Baumgartl	Stefan van Vaerenbergh	no award	no award	Yuko Inatomi
SC H	-	-	-	-	Yusuf R. Jafry

Nominations for scientists under 36 on the last day of the year in which the Medals are to be presented must be signed or endorsed by a COSPAR Bureau member, a representative of a COSPAR National or Scientific Union member, a member of the COSPAR Scientific Advisory Committee, a COSPAR Scientific Commission or Panel chair or vice-chair, or by a previous recipient of a COSPAR honor (except Zeldovich).

COSPAR OUTSTANDING PAPER AWARD FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS

Candidates must be first authors under 31 years of age at the time the manuscript is submitted for publication in Advances in Space Research. Award recipients will be selected from among a minimum of five competitors per Commission/Panel. The number of awards attributed by each Scientific Commission/Panel for any two year period must not exceed 1/3 of the total number of eligible papers considered by each Scientific Commission/Panel.

Previous recipients:

The Publications Committee, relying on assistance and advice from Guest Editors and Commission officers, will recommend recipients for the award to the Bureau.

Nominations for all COSPAR and joint awards, except the Outstanding Paper Award, shall consist of:

- a filled in nomination form signed or endorsed by a person authorized to nominate,
- a curriculum vitae with a general description of the space research activity of the nominee, and
- a list of significant, selected publications, not more than about 25. The publications most relevant to the award should be clearly identified.

All nominations must reach the COSPAR Secretariat no later than end November of the calendar year preceding the Scientific Assembly, i.e., 30 November 2009 for the Assembly to be held in 2010.

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