Alexander von Humboldt Medal

Scientists who have performed research in developing regions

Carlo Laj (Chair)
Giuliana Panieri
Nick van de Giesen
Robyn Pickering
Sachchida Tripathi
Subimal Ghosh

Alfred Wegener Medal

Atmospheric, hydrological or ocean sciences

Marco Borga (Chair)
Anne Marie Tréguier
Annica Ekman
Trevor McDougall
Victor Brovkin

Arthur Holmes Medal

Solid Earth geosciences

William Lowrie (Chair)
Boris Kaus
Claudio Faccenna
Mathilde Cannat
Paraskevi Nomikou
Paul Tackley

Jean Dominique Cassini Medal

Planetary and space sciences

Anders Johansen (Chair)
Raymond Pierrehumbert
Rosaly Lopes
Sara Russell
Veronique Dehant

Arne Richter Awards for Outstanding Early Career Scientists

Achievements made by early career scientists in the Earth, planetary, and space sciences

Angela Croome Award

Earth, space and planetary sciences journalism

Kirsten von Elverfeldt (Chair)
Gaia Vince
Pouria Nazemi
Sergio Vinciguerra

Champion(s) for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award

Significant contributions in advancing the values of EDI in the geoscience community

Daniel J. Conley (Chair)
Adeyemi Oludapo Olusola
Claudia Alves de Jesus-Rydin
David Bastviken
Jane K. Hart
Lisa Wingate
Maria-Helena Ramos
Michelle O’Grady

Katia and Maurice Krafft Award

Geoscience outreach and engagement

Miguel Gomez-Heras (Chair)
Christina Anna Orieschnig
Roberta Bellini
Sinelethu Hashibi

Science for Policy Award

Significant contributions to evidence-informed policymaking in Europe

Matthias Girod (Chair)
Emmanuel Salmon
Filipa Vala
Juha-Pekka Jäpölä
Kristian Krieger
Megan O'Donnell

Union Service Award

Outstanding services for the Union

Alina Kabata-Pendias Medal

Soil System Sciences

Cécile Quantin (Chair)
Anna Gunina
José María de la Rosa
Ravendra Naidu

Augustus Love Medal

Geodynamics

Jeroen van Hunen (Chair)
Ágnes Király
David Bercovici
Neil Ribe
Taras Gerya
Thorsten Becker

Beno Gutenberg Medal

Seismology

Malcolm Sambridge (Chair)
Hitoshi Kawakatsu
Jaroslava Plomerová
Philippe Jousset
Yehuda Ben-Zion

Christiaan Huygens Medal

Geosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems

Vincenzo Lapenna (Chair)
Francesco Soldovieri
Ilaria Catapano
Maurizio Fedi
Nemesio M. Pérez

David Bates Medal

Planetary and Solar System Sciences
(attributed every other year, rotation with Runcorn-Florensky Medal)

Franck Montmessin (Chair)
Beatriz Sanchez-Cano
Chrysa Avdellidou
Ricardo Hueso
Shangchun Teng

Fridtjof Nansen Medal

Ocean Sciences

Richard S. Lampitt (Chair)
Alberto C. Naveira-Garabato
Carsten Eden
Ingrid Puillat
Pierre-Yves Le Traon

Hannes Alfvén Medal

Solar-Terrestrial Sciences
(attributed every other year, rotation with Julius Bartels Medal)

Margit Haberreiter (Chair)
David J. McComas
Janet Luhmann
Mateja Dumbovic
Sandra C. Chapman

Hans Oeschger Medal

Climate: Past, Present & Future

Karol Tylmann (Chair)
Doug Smith
Heather Marie Stoll
Hugues Goosse
Michael Sigl

Henry Darcy Medal

Hydrological Sciences

Wouter Buytaert (Chair)
Alberto Guadagnini
Jan Seibert
Manuela Brunner
Marc F. P. Bierkens

Ian McHarg Medal

Earth and Space Science Informatics

Alice Fremand (Chair)
François Robida
Lesley Wyborn
Marthe Klöcking
Mikhail Kanevski

Jean Baptiste Lamarck Medal

Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology

Alicia Fantasia (Chair)
David A. T. Harper
Donald Prothero
Shradha Menon
Silvia Frisia

John Dalton Medal

Hydrological Sciences

Martha C. Anderson (Chair)
Luis Samaniego
Paolo D'Odorico
Paul D. Bates
Taikan Oki

Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal

Cryospheric Sciences

Regine Hock (Chair)
Etienne Berthier
Gwenn E. Flowers
Ruzica Dadic
Shin Sugiyama

Julius Bartels Medal

Solar-Terrestrial Sciences
(attributed every other year, rotation with Hannes Alfvén Medal)

Volker Bothmer (Chair)
Erika Palmerio
Masatoshi Yamauchi
Qiugang Zong

(inactive for the 2025 call)

Lewis Fry Richardson Medal

Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences

Ulrike Feudel (Chair)
Angelo Vulpiani
Freddy Bouchet
Isabel de Lima
Kateryna Terletska

Louis Néel Medal

Earth Magnetism & Rock Physics
(attributed every other year, rotation with Petrus Peregrinus Medal)

Wen-lu Zhu (Chair)
David A. Lockner
Patrick Baud

Marie Tharp Medal

Tectonics and Structural Geology

Hemin Koyi (Chair)
Francesca Funiciello
Heidrun Kopp
Richard G. Gordon
Yann Klinger

Milutin Milanković Medal

Climate: Past, Present & Future

Ayako Abe-Ouchi (Chair)
Bette L. Otto-Bliesner
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi
Peter U. Clark
Zhengyu Liu

Petrus Peregrinus Medal

Earth Magnetism & Rock Physics
(attributed every other year, rotation with Louis Néel Medal)

Kenneth P. Kodama (Chair)
Jonathan Aurnou
Lisa Tauxe
Nils Olsen

(inactive for the 2025 call)

Philippe Duchaufour Medal

Soil System Sciences

Andreas A. Richter (Chair)
Friederike Lang
Jan Willem van Groenigen
Wulf Amelung

Plinius Medal

Natural Hazards

Philip Ward (Chair)
Giuliana Rossi
Mariana Madruga de Brito
Raphael Paris
Slobodan Nickovic

Ralph Alger Bagnold Medal

Geomorphology

Christian France-Lanord (Chair)
Christopher Clark
Dimitri Lague
Fiona Clubb
Jana Eichel

Robert Wilhelm Bunsen Medal

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

Janne Blichert-Toft (Chair)
Chiara Maria Petrone
Jean-Francois Moyen
Judith Hannah
Kei Hirose
Trevor Ireland

Runcorn-Florensky Medal

Planetary and Solar System Sciences
(attributed every other year, rotation with David Bates Medal)

Franck Montmessin (Chair)
Beatriz Sanchez-Cano
Chrysa Avdellidou
Ricardo Hueso
Shangchun Teng

(inactive for the 2025 call)

Sergey Soloviev Medal

Natural Hazards

Andrea Di Muro (Chair)
Ankit Agarwal
Anne Mangeney
Jacopo Selva
Ricardo Trigo

Vening Meinesz Medal

Geodesy

Annette Eicker (Chair)
Bramha Dutt Vishwakarma
Jeffrey T. Freymueller
Jürgen Müller
Peter J. G. Teunissen
René Forsberg

Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal

Atmospheric Sciences

Hugh Coe (Chair)
Corinna Hoose
Dominik Stolzenburg
Ulrike Lohmann

Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal

Biogeosciences

Michael Bahn (Chair)
Adina Paytan
Corinne Le Quéré
Daniel J. Conley
Richard Pancost