Each year the CAP recognizes excellence in Research, Teaching, and Service in physics within Canada, as listed below. We offer awards to established researchers, enterprising students, promising scientists, and exceptional teachers. Click the links below or to the left to find out more about our various awards and prizes!
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 2022 ANNOUNCEMENT
Following the new strategic plan for the CAP, the Medals and Awards communications and processes are being reviewed and updated to celebrate our values of excellence and professionalism, equity, diversity and inclusion, and collegiality and mentorship. Read the full announcement here.
In early 2022, the CAP will be undertaking a complete EDI review of our award nomination and selection guidelines and procedures in advance of the call for 2022 medal, award, and scholarship candidates. When the call for nominations is launched in 2022, we hope that our membership will help us by putting forward nominations that reflect the diverse excellence of our physics community.
| Click here to go to the medal nomination system. |
The call for nominations will be issued in the Spring of 2022.
The deadline for all medal nominations is to be determined.
Visit individual medal pages to view information regarding descriptions, criteria, and deadlines.
Medals For Research
| CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics (awarded annually) | Deadline: TBD |
| CAP Herzberg Medal (awarded annually) | Deadline: TBD |
| CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (awarded annually) | Deadline: TBD |
| CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Medal (awarded annually) | Deadline: TBD |
| CAP-TRIUMF Vogt Medal in Subatomic Physics (awarded annually) | Deadline: TBD |
Medals for Applied Physics and Research
Medals for Service
| CAP-COMP Peter Kirkby Memorial Medal for Outstanding Service to Canadian Physics (awarded on odd years) | Deadline: TBD |
Medals for Teaching
University/Graduate Student Awards and Scholarships
| CAP Best Student Paper Awards (awarded annually) | Deadline: TBD |
| Boris P. Stoicheff Memorial Graduate Scholarship (awarded annually) | Deadline: TBD |
| DAMOPC PhD Thesis Prize (awarded annually) | Deadline: TBD |
| DNP PhD Thesis Prize (awarded annually) | Deadline: TBD |
| Lloyd G. Elliot University Prize Exam (annual competition) | Deadline: TBD |
| PPD PhD Thesis Award (awarded annually) | Deadline: TBD |
| DCMMP PhD Thesis Award Competition (awarded annually) | Deadline: TBD |
| DTP/WITP PhD Thesis Prize (awarded annually) | Deadline: TBD |
High-school/CEGEP Student Awards and Prizes
| High-school/CEGEP Prize Examination (annual competition) | Deadline: TBD |
| Art of Physics (annual competition) | Deadline: TBD |
| Canada-Wide Science Fair (annual competition) | Deadline: TBD |