Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics

official
Organizer
American Physical Society and American Institute of Physics
Why it counts
Awarded annually since 2005 jointly by the American Physical Society (APS) and the American Institute of Physics (AIP) for outstanding scholarly achievements in the history of physics; established by the APS Forum on the History of Physics and the AIP Center for History of Physics
Held
annual, recipients announced by the APS in October of the preceding year, presented at the APS April Meeting / Global Physics Summit in spring; year = prize year

Reigning winners

Pais Prize recipient · 2025

YearPais Prize recipient
2025 Michael Riordan
2024 Virginia Louise Trimble
2023 Jürgen Renn
2021 Hasok Chang
2020 Dieter Hoffmann
2019 Helge Kragh
2018 Peter Galison
2017 Mary Jo Nye
2016 Allan Franklin
2015 Spencer R. Weart