Maria Goeppert Mayer Award
official
- Organizer
- American Physical Society
- Why it counts
- Awarded annually since 1986 by the American Physical Society (APS) to recognize and enhance outstanding achievements by women physicists in the early years of their careers; named for Nobel laureate Maria Goeppert Mayer
- Held
- annual, recipient announced by the APS in October of the preceding year, presented at an APS meeting (usually the March Meeting / Global Physics Summit); year = award year
Reigning winners
Maria Goeppert Mayer Award recipient · 2026