AWARD ESSAYS BY YEAR

Click on a year below to browse the essays chronologically; once at the desired year, click on the name of the author to read  PDF of the awarded essay:

DUNAJSKI, MACIEJ 1st
BANKS, TOM 2nd
MATHUR, SAMIR D. 3rd
MEHTA, MADHUR, 3rd
HOD, SHAHAR 4th
LU, NEIL 5th
SCOTT, SUSAN M. 5th
WETTE, KARL 5th

VAZ, CENALO 1st
BISHOP, MICHAEL 2nd
CONTRERAS, JOEY 2nd
SINGLETON, DOUGLAS 2nd
DANIELSON, DAINE L. 3rd
SATISHCHANDRAN, GAUTAM 3rd
WALD, ROBERT M. 3rd 2022
AGRAWAL, SHRADDHA 4th
GIELEN, STEFFEN 5th
MENÉNDEZ-PIDAL, LUCÍA 5th

MATHUR, SAMIR D. 1st
FREIDEL, LAURENT 2nd
KOWALSKI-GLIKMAN, JERZY 2nd
LEIGH, ROBERT G. 2nd
MINIC, DJORDJE 2nd
RUEDA, J. A. 3rd
RUFFINI, R. 3rd
PADMANABHAN, T. 4th
HARLOW, DANIEL 5th 
SHAGHOULIAN, EDGAR 5th 

PARIKH, MAULIK 1st
WILCZEK, FRANK 1st
ZAHARIADE, GEORGE 1st
BENISTY, DAVID 2nd
GUENDELMAN, EDUARDO I. 2nd
HOD, SHAHAR 3rd
HOGAN, CRAIG 4th
PADMANABHAN T. 5th 

BELENCHIA, ALESSIO 1st
WALD, ROBERT M. 1st
GIACOMINI, FLAMINIA 1st
CASTRO-RUIZ, ESTEBAN 1st
BRUKNER, CASLAV 1st
ASPELMEYER, MARKUS 1st
HOHM, OLAF 2nd
ZWIEBACH, BARTON 2nd
ARGÜELLES, C. R. 3rd
KRUT, A. 3rd
RUEDA, J. A. 3rd
RUFFINI, R. 3rd
CARLIP, STEVEN 4th
HAMMOND, RICHARD T. 5th

SANTIAGO, VISSER 1st
PEREZ, SUDARSKY, BJORKEN 2nd
NEWMAN 3rd
PADMANABHAN 4th
BANKS, FISCHLER 5th

AGULLÓ, IVÁN 1st
RIO, ADRIAN DEL 1st
NAVARRO-SALAS, JOSÉ 1st
MATHUR, SAMIR D. 2nd
KACHRU, SHAMIT 3rd
TRIPATHY, ARNAV 3rd
HOD, SHAHAR 4th
CALDWELL, R. R. 5th
DEVULDER, C. 5th
MAKSIMOVA, N. A. 5th

ADLER, S 1st
ENGELHARDT, N 2nd
HOROWITZ, G 2nd
CARLIP, S 3rd
HOLDOM , B 4th
REN, J 4th
HEIDENREICH, B 5th
REECE, M 5th
RUDELIUS, T 5th

CAI, QING-YU 1st
YOU, LI 1st
ZHAN, MING-SHENG 1st
ZHANG, BAOCHENG 1st
AGARWAL, NISHANT 2nd
HOLMAN, R 2nd
TOLLEY, ANDREW J. 2nd
MATHUR, SAMIR D. 3rd
BELLETÊTE, JONATHAN 4th
PARANJAPE, M.B. 4th
ROUKEMA, BOUDEWIJN F. 5th

VAN RAAMSDONK, MARK 1st
MATHUR, SAMIR D. 2nd
MAROLF, DONALD 3rd
HAMMOND, RICHARD T. 4th
BOLEJKO, KRZYSZTOF 5th
STOEGER, WILLIAM R. 5th

CARLIP, S 1st
KALOPER,  NEMANJA 2nd
TERNING,  JOHN 2nd
GUBSER, STEVEN S. 3rd
DENEF, FREDERIK 4th
MOORE  GREGORY W. 4th
KRAUSS, LAWRENCE M. 5th
SCHERRER, ROBERT J 5th

PARIKH, M 1st
FENG, J 2nd
RAJARAMAN, A 2nd
TAKAYAMA, R 2nd
AHLUWALIA-KHALILOVA, D 3rd
SINGH, T 4th
VAZ, C 4th
HOLLANDS, S 5th
WALD, R 5th

CSAKI, C 1st
ERLICH, J 1st
GROJEAN, C 1st
BEKENSTEIN, J 2nd
MAYO, A 2nd
ADLER, R 3rd
CHEN, P 3rd
SANTIAGO, D 3rd
ADLER, S 4th
FABBRI, A 5th
NAVARRO, D 5th
NAVARRO-SALAS, J 5th

HUSAIN, V 1st
HOD, S 2nd
PIRAN, T 2nd
SINGH, T 3rd
GASPERINI, M 4th
COPELAND, E 5th
LIDDLE, A 5th
LIDSEY, J 5th
WANDS, D 5th

HOROWITZ, G 1st
MYERS, R 1st
RIDGWAY, S 2nd
WEINBERG, E 2nd
SCOTT, D 3rd
WHITE, M 3rd
CHEN, P 4th
KRAUSS, L 5th
TURNER, M 5th

WALD, R 1st
LEE, K 2nd
NAIR, V 2nd
WEINBERG, E 2nd
BRUGMANN, B 3rd
GAMBINI, R 3rd
PULLIN, J 3rd
BOWICK, M 4th
MARINARI, E 4th
GOLDWIRTH, D 5th
PERRY, M 5th
PIRAN, T 5th

PENG, H 1st
TORR, D 1st
GUENDELMAN, E 2nd
BOWICK, M 3rd
KRAUSS, L 4th
CAI, Y 5th
PAPINI, G 5th

BOWICK, M 1st
SMOLIN, L 1st
WIJEWARDHANA, L 1st
BARS, I 2nd
VISSER, M 2nd
PUSCH, G 3rd
FORD, L 4th
DAVIS, R 5th

ANANDAN, J 1st
SMOLIN, L 2nd
MAZUR, P  3rd
GUNZIG, E 4th
NARDONE, P 4th
MASHHOON, B 5th

SCHRAMM, D 1st
STEIGMAN, G 1st
KRAMER, D 2nd
NEUGEBAUER, G 2nd
FABBRI, R 3rd
MELCHIORRI, F 3rd
GOTAY, M 4th
ISENBERG, J 4th
PARKER, L 5th

ASHTEKAR, A 1st
ELLIS, G 2nd
WALD, R 3rd
CANDELAS, P 4th
SCIAMA, D 4th
SHIELDS, G 5th
WHEELER, J 5th

SILK, J 1st
VANFLANDERN, T 2nd
HAWKING, S 3rd
SCHMIDT, B 4th
FULLING, S 5th
PARKER, L 5th

HAWKING, S 1st
STURROCK, P 2nd
CHRISTODOULOU, D 3rd
RUFFINI, R 3rd
GOLDSMITH, D 4th
SILK, J 4th
OMNES, R 5th

LAYZER, D 1st
HAWKING, S 2nd
PENROSE, R 2nd
SADEH, D 3rd
REES, M 4th
SCIAMA, D 4th
BERMAN, D 5th

JUST, K 1st
HAWKING, S 2nd
SILK, J 3rd
BELL, C 4th
FORWARD, R 4th
MORRIS, J 4th
WANG, C-Y 5th

CLEMENCE, G 1st
FORWARD, R 2nd
SCIAMA, D 3rd
DYSON, F 4th
WANG, C-Y 5th

WEBER, J 1st
ROSE, M 2nd
BONDI, H 3rd A
BONDI, H 3rd B
YILMAZ, H 4th
ALLAIS, M 5th
ALLAIS, M 5th B

BELINFANTE, F 1st
GRAY, S 2nd
BLYTHE, R 3rd
LOW, F 4th
BLUDMAN, S 5th

DEWITT, B 1st
BEAUMONT, J 2nd A
CARTER, F 2nd B
GARDNER, J 2nd C
MCDONALD, E 2nd D
PERL, M 2nd E
DOCTOROFF, M 3rd
GREGG, P 3rd B
JAYNES, E 3rd C 1
JAYNES, E 3rd C 2
WICKENDEN, J 3rd D

FERRELL, R 1st

'T HOOFT, GERARD 1st
AMELINO-CAMELIA, GIOVANNI 2nd
ARZANO, MICHELE 2nd
GUBITOSI, GIULIA 2nd
MAGUEIJO, JOÃO 2nd
KRAUS, PER 3rd
MATHUR, SAMIR D. 3rd
MARTINEC, EMIL J. 4th
COOPERSTOCK, F. I. 5th

KIEFER, CLAUS 1st
KRAEMER, MANUEL 1st
MATHUR, SAMIR D. 2nd
HOLLOWOOD, TIMOTHY J. 3rd
SHORE, GRAHAM M. 3rd
BANKS, TOM 4th
PADMANABHAN, T 5th

BURINSKII, ALEXANDER 1st
CARNEIRO, SAULO 2nd
TAVAKOL, REZA 2nd
HOD, SHAHAR 3rd
AGULLÓ, IVÁN 4th
NAVARRO-SALAS, JOSÉ 4th
OLMO, GONZALO J. 4th
PARKER , LEONARD 4th
VAZ, CENALO 5th

BALASUBRAMANIAN, V 1st
MAROLF, D 1st
ROZALI, M 1st
GOLDBERGER, W 2nd
ROTHSTEIN, I 2nd
PADMANABHAN, T 3rd
HOYLE JR, C 4th
KOZAMEH, C 5th
NEWMAN, E 5th
SILVA-ORTIGOZA, G 5th

BOJOWALD, M 1st
BANKS, T 2nd
DEOLIVEIRA, H 3rd
SOARES, I 3rd
JEJJALA, V 4th
LEIGH, R 4th
MINIC, D 4th
PADMANABHAN, T 5th

LUE, A 1st
WEINBERG, E 1st
HOD, S 2nd
PIRAN, T 2nd
DAMOUR, T 3rd
HENNEAUX, M 3rd
SIVARAM, C 4th
ADUNAS, G 5th
AHLUWALIA, D 5th
RODRIGUEZ-MILLA, E 5th

MYERS, R 1st
ADLER, S 2nd
PIRAN, T 3rd
AHLUWALIA, D 4th
BARROW, J 5th
LIDDLE, A 5th

DAMOUR, T 1st
POLYAKOV, A 1st
SCHIFFER, M 2nd
PINTO, F 3rd
NESTER, J 4th
TUNG, R 4th
LOUSTO, C 5th

TURNER, M 1st
COLEMAN, S 2nd
KRAUSS, L 2nd
PRESKILL, J 2nd
WILCZEK, F 2nd
OBUKHOV, Y 3rd
DWIVEDI, I 4th
JOSHI, P 4th
DYMNIKOVA, I 5

BARS, I 1st
POPE, C 1st
MAZUR, P  2nd
NAIR, V 2nd
AXENIDES, M 3rd
MYERS, R 4th
SIMON, J 4th
GEHENIAU, J 5th
GUNZIG, E 5th
NARDONE, P 5th
PRIGOGINE, I 5th

FANG, L 1st
SATO, H 1st
CRANE, L 2nd
SMOLIN, L 2nd
WU, Z 3rd
BOWICK, M 4th
WIJEWARDHANA, L 4th
GOLDMAN, T 5th
HYNES, M 5th
NIETO, M 5th

HOROWITZ, G 1st
PERRY, M 1st
KROLAK, A 2nd
WARD, R 3rd
UNRUH, W 4th
WALD, R 4th
AKAMA, K 5th
TERAZAWA, H 5th

ELLIS, G 1st
EGUCHI, T 2nd
HANSON, A 2nd
WALD, R 3rd
FISCHBACH, E 4th
FREEMAN, B 4th
BARROW, J 5th
CARR, B  5th

KAFKA, P 1st
MESZAROS, P 1st
FISCHER, A 2nd
MARSDEN, J 2nd
KAZANAS, D 3rd
SCHRAMM, D 3rd
LAYZER, D 4th 
JACOBS, K 5th
SEITZER, P 5th

FISCHER, A 1st
MARSDEN, J 1st
DILKE, F 2nd
GOUGH, D 2nd
STARUSZKIEWICZ, A 3rd
MCCARTHY, P 4th
PERJES, Z 5th

FELDMAN, P 1st
GRIBBIN, J 1st
SCHMIDT, B 2nd
PARTRIDGE, R 3rd
RUFFINI, R 3rd
CLARKE, V 4th
TYSON, J 5th A
TYSON, J 5th

STURROCK, P 1st
LAYZER, D 2nd
MISNER, C 3rd
JORDAN, P 4th A
JORDAN, P 4th B
HARRISON, E 5th

HOFFMANN, B 1st
UTIYAMA, R 2nd
NEWMAN, E 3rd
FORWARD, R 4th
KALMUS, H 5th

BOSTICK, W 1st
SCIAMA, D 2nd
HALPERN, L 3rd
GRAHM, A 4th
GOOD, M 5th

COCCONI, G 1st
SALPETER, E 1st
KERNS, Q 2nd
WEBER, J 3rd
BOSTICK, W 4th
ZWICKY, F 5th

NO COMPETITION

STRASSER, G 1st
BARCLAY, M 2nd A
BLASINGAME, B 2nd B
CARTER, F 2nd C
PERL, M 2nd D
TESSMAN, I 2nd E

JOHNSON, C. PETER JR. 2nd
WITTRY, D 1st

KRAUSS, LAWRENCE M. 1st
WILCZEK, FRANK 1st
VAZ, CENALO 2nd
PADMANABHAN, T 3rd
HOLLOWOOD, TIMOTHY J. 4th
PORTO, RAFAEL A. 5th

AGULLÓ, IVÁN 1st
PARKER, LEONARD 1st
AMELINO-CAMELIA,      GIOVANNI 2nd
FREIDEL, LAURENT 2nd
KOWALSKI-GILKMAN, JERZY 2nd
SMOLIN, LEE 2nd
BARROW, JOHN D. 3rd
SHAW, DOUGLAS J. 3rd
MATHUR, SAMIR D. 4th
HO, CHIU MAN 5th
MINIC, DJORDJE 5TH
NG Y. JACK 5TH

PADMANABHAN, T 1st
SINGH, T.P. 2nd
KOZAMEH, CARLOS 3rd
NEWMAN, EZRA, T. 3rd
SILVA-ORTIGOZA, GILBERTO 3rd
HOLLANDS, STEFAN 4th
WALD, ROBERT M. 4th
KOL, BARAK. 5th

ELLIS, J 1st
MAVROMATOS, N 1st
NANOPOULOS, D 1st
CARROLL, S 2nd
CHEN, J 2nd
KOSTELECKY, V 3rd
POTTING, R 3rd
CLARKSON, C 4th
MAARTENS, R 4th
GAMBINI, R 5th
PULLIN, J 5th

GIDDINGS, S 1st
PADMANABHAN, T 2nd
AHN, E 3rd
CAVAGLIA, M 3rd
HOLLANDS, S 4th
WALD, R 4th
EMPARAN, R 5th
REALL, H 5th

ELLIS, J 1ST
MAVROMATOS, N 1st
NANOPOULOS, D 1st
KRAUSS, L 2nd
TURNER, M 2nd
BENTO, M 3rd
BERTOLAMI, O 3rd
GAMBINI, R 4th
PULLIN, J 4th
HOD, S 5th

AHLUWALIA, D 1st
BURGARD, C 1st
BARREIRA, M 2nd
CARFORA, M 2nd
ROVELLI, C 2nd
GASPERINI,  M 3rd
VENEZIANO, G  3rd
PIRAN, T 4th
HOCHBERG, D 5th
PERZ-MERCADER, J 5th

SMOOT, G 1st
STEINHARDT, P  1st
BANKS, T 2nd
KRISHER, T 3rd
BARROW, J 4th
KOSTELECKY, V  5th A
PERRY, M 5th A
TEO, E 5th B

ALLEN, B 1ST
ACCETTA, F 2ND
STEINHARDT, P  2ND
GOLDWIRTH, D 3RD
PIRAN, T 3RD
MENSKY, M 4TH
BECIU, M 5TH

VACHASPATI, T 1st
KROLAK, A 2nd
SCHUTZ, B 2nd
MAZUR, P  3rd
WANG, Z 4th
WU, Y-S 4th
ORI, A 5th
PIRAN, T 5th

KRAUSS, L 1st
PARKER, L 2nd
TOMS, D 2nd
WILL, C 3rd
DONOGHUE, J 4th
HOLSTEIN, B 4th
ROBINETT, R 4th
PADMANABHAN, T 5th

BEKENSTEIN, J 1st
ANANDAN, J 2nd
CHIAO, R 2nd
BARROW, J 3rd
FRIEDMAN, J 4th
SORKIN, R 4th
ISENBERG, J 5th
YASSKIN, P 5th

BROUT, R 1st
ENGLERT, F 1st
GUNZIG, E 1st
MONCRIEF, V 2nd
HISCOCK, W 3rd
LEVINE, M 4th 
VESSOT, R 4th
BARS, I 5th
MACDOWELL, S 5th

PENROSE, R 1st
SCHWINGER, J 2nd
MURCHADHA, N 3rd
YORK, J 3rd
KAEMPFFER, F 4th
WAGONER, R 5th

FAULKNER, J 1st
KAFKA, P 2nd
ROE, P 3rd
SILK, J 4th
MULLER, P 5th
SJOGREN, W 5th

HUGHES, V 1st
WILLIAMS, W 1st
BRECHER, K 2nd
SILK, J 2nd
NORDTVEDT, K 3rd
LAYZER, D 4th
HAWKING, S 5th

PHILLIPS, P 1st
NEWMAN, E 2nd
PENROSE, R 2nd
HAWKING, S 3rd
ROXBURGH, I 4th
ISRAEL, W 5th

TAUBER, G 1st
WEINBERG, J 1st
FORWARD, R 2nd
SANDRI, G 3rd
WELLNER, M 3rd
BROUT, R 4th
ENGLERT, F 4th
DJURIC, J 5th

MOTZ, L 1st
HOFFMANN, B 2nd
BELINFANTE, F 3rd A
BELINFANTE, F 3rd B
SWANN, W 4th
LYON, C 5th

GOLD, T 1st
MORRISON, P 1st
WHEELER, J 2nd
PIRANI, F 3rd
STRAX, N 4th
CORDOVA, R 5th

ARNOWITT, R 1st
DESER, S 1st
MOZER, F 2nd
BEAUMONT, J 3rd
WICKENDEN, J 4th
 JORDAN, P 5th

LOVER, M 1st
MACDONALD, W 2nd
BEAMS, J 3rd
LUTTINGER, J 4th
DEMENT, J 5th A
KAPLAN, J 5th B
MARTIN, C 5th C
STOLIAR, A 5th D