Hans A. Bethe Prize

official
Organizer
American Physical Society
Why it counts
Awarded annually since 1998 by the American Physical Society (APS), endowed by the APS Division of Astrophysics, Division of Nuclear Physics and friends of Hans A. Bethe, for outstanding work in theory, experiment or observation in astrophysics, nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics or closely related fields
Held
annual, recipient announced by the APS in October of the preceding year, presented at the APS April Meeting / Global Physics Summit in March-April; year = prize (presentation) year

Reigning winners

Bethe Prize recipient · 2026

YearBethe Prize recipient
2026 Chris Fryer
2025 Akif Baha Balantekin
2024 J. Richard Bond
2023 Frank Paul Calaprice
2022 Madappa Prakash
2021 James W. Truran
2020 Fiona A. Harrison
2019 Ken'ichi Nomoto
2018 Keith Olive
2017 Stuart L. Shapiro