Alexander von Humboldt Medal

Scientists who have performed research in developing regions

Subimal Ghosh (Chair)
Giuliana Panieri
Nick van de Giesen
Robyn Pickering
Sachchida Tripathi
Walter W. Immerzeel

Alfred Wegener Medal

Atmospheric, hydrological or ocean sciences

Annica Ekman (Chair)
Anne Marie Tréguier
Thomas Stocker
Trevor McDougall
Victor Brovkin

Arthur Holmes Medal

Solid Earth geosciences

Mathilde Cannat (Chair)
Boris Kaus
Claudio Faccenna
Michael Paul Searle
Paraskevi Nomikou
Paul Tackley

Jean Dominique Cassini Medal

Planetary and space sciences

Sara Russell (Chair)
Martin Bizzarro
Raymond Pierrehumbert
Veronique Dehant

Angela Croome Award

Earth, space and planetary sciences journalism

Shahzad Gani (Chair)
Elizabeth Gibney
Sergio Vinciguerra

Arne Richter Awards for Outstanding Early Career Scientists

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

Champion(s) for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award

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

Jens Klump (Chair)
Adeyemi Oludapo Olusola
Claudia Alves de Jesus-Rydin
David Bastviken
Jane K. Hart
Laetitia Le Pourhiet
Lisa Wingate
Michelle O’Grady

Katia and Maurice Krafft Award

Geoscience outreach and engagement

Miguel Gomez-Heras (Chair)
Jenny Turton
Marius Schlaak
Nuno Pimentel
Victor Dzidefo Ablo

Science for Policy Award

Significant contributions to evidence-informed policymaking in Europe

Matthias Girod (Chair)
Emmanuel Salmon
Filipa Vala
Kristian Krieger
Linda Lammensalo
Megan O'Donnell

Union Service Award

Outstanding services for the Union

Alina Kabata-Pendias Medal

Soil System Sciences

Ravendra Naidu (Chair)
Anna Gunina
Bettina Weber
José María de la Rosa

Augustus Love Medal

Geodynamics

Maelis Arnould (Chair)
Ágnes Király
Neil Ribe
Saskia Goes
Taras Gerya
Thorsten Becker

Beno Gutenberg Medal

Seismology

Yehuda Ben-Zion (Chair)
Jaroslava Plomerová
Philippe Jousset
Satoshi Ide

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)
Chrysa Avdellidou
Hamish Hay
Patrick Irwin
Ricardo Hueso

(inactive for the 2026 call)

Fridtjof Nansen Medal

Ocean Sciences

Carsten Eden (Chair)
Alberto C. Naveira-Garabato
Ingrid Puillat
Pierre-Yves Le Traon
Tillys Petit

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

(inactive for the 2026 call)

Hans Oeschger Medal

Climate: Past, Present & Future

Hugues Goosse (Chair)
Friederike E.L. Otto
Heather Marie Stoll
Iwo Wieczorek
Michael Sigl

Henry Darcy Medal

Hydrological Sciences

Marc F. P. Bierkens (Chair)
Alberto Guadagnini
Jan Seibert
Manuela Brunner
Sally Thompson

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)
Benjamin Bomfleur
Donald Prothero
Shradha Menon
Silvia Frisia

John Dalton Medal

Hydrological Sciences

Taikan Oki (Chair)
Inge de Graaf
Paolo D'Odorico
Paul D. Bates
Thorsten Wagener

Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal

Cryospheric Sciences

Etienne Berthier (Chair)
Gwenn E. Flowers
Olaf Eisen
Ruzica Dadic
Shin Sugiyama

Julius Bartels Medal

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

Richard Horne (Chair)
Erika Palmerio
Jana Safrankova
Nicole Vilmer
Qiugang Zong

Lewis Fry Richardson Medal

Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences

Ulrike Feudel (Chair)
Anastasios Tsonis
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
Francois Renard
Patrick Baud

(inactive for the 2026 call)

Marie Tharp Medal

Tectonics and Structural Geology

Hemin Koyi (Chair)
Christian Teyssier
Heidrun Kopp
Richard G. Gordon
Yann Klinger

Milutin Milanković Medal

Climate: Past, Present & Future

Peter U. Clark (Chair)
Ayako Abe-Ouchi
Bette L. Otto-Bliesner
Peter Bijl
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

Philippe Duchaufour Medal

Soil System Sciences

Jan Willem van Groenigen (Chair)
Cornelia Rumpel
Friederike Lang
Wulf Amelung

Plinius Medal

Natural Hazards

Philip Ward (Chair)
Amir AghaKouchak
Giuliana Rossi
Mariana Madruga de Brito
Raphael Paris

Ralph Alger Bagnold Medal

Geomorphology

Christian France-Lanord (Chair)
Christopher Clark
Dongfeng Li
Jana Eichel
Maarten Kleinhans

Robert Wilhelm Bunsen Medal

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

Janne Blichert-Toft (Chair)
Chiara Maria Petrone
Judith Hannah
Kei Hirose
Silvio Ferrero
Trevor Ireland

Runcorn-Florensky Medal

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

Franck Montmessin (Chair)
Chrysa Avdellidou
Patrick Irwin
Ricardo Hueso
Shangchun Teng

Sergey Soloviev Medal

Natural Hazards

Andrea Di Muro (Chair)
Ankit Agarwal
Anne Mangeney
Hannah L. Cloke
Jacopo Selva

Vening Meinesz Medal

Geodesy

Annette Eicker (Chair)
Frank Flechtner
Jeffrey T. Freymueller
Jürgen Müller
Matthias Schartner
René Forsberg

Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal

Atmospheric Sciences

Hugh Coe (Chair)
Corinna Hoose
Eva Y. Pfannerstill
Ulrike Lohmann

Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal

Biogeosciences

Michael Bahn (Chair)
Corinne Le Quéré
Daniel J. Conley
Richard Pancost
Thomas Bianchi