- Organizer
- American Astronomical Society and American Institute of Physics
- Why it counts
- Awarded every year since 1980 jointly by the American Astronomical Society (AAS) and the American Institute of Physics (AIP), endowed by the Heineman Foundation in honour of Dannie Heineman, for outstanding work in astrophysics
- Held
- annual, recipient announced by AIP/AAS in January (some years autumn of the prior year), prize lecture at the following AAS winter meeting; year = prize year
Reigning winners
Heineman Prize for Astrophysics recipient · 2024
| Year | Heineman Prize for Astrophysics recipient |
|---|---|
| 2024 | John Carlstrom |
| 2023 | Karen Jean Meech |
| 2022 | Norman Murray |
| 2021 | David H. Weinberg Robert Lupton |
| 2020 | Christopher Kochanek |
| 2019 | Edwin Bergin |
| 2018 | Vasiliki Kalogera |
| 2017 | Lars Bildsten |
| 2016 | Wendy Freedman |
| 2015 | David Spergel Marc Kamionkowski |