About the Nomination Process and Awards Cycle
Select awards are given each year and notification will be given at the start of the nomination process. Updated for 2025, our recently updated process to collect nominations has been amended. Please make sure to consult the guidelines of each Award for instructions and necessary documents required.
There are changes to the Awards Submission and Cycle process that began in 2022.
- Each year the ASP will be selecting which awards to distribute in the upcoming year. The Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal, the Robert J. Trumpler Award, and now the Klumpke-Roberts will be awarded every year and each year selected Awards will rotate.
- New for 2025, nominations for the Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal will remain in the queue for 3 consecutive years and the Robert J. Trumpler Award nominations if submitted the year the PhD was awarded, will remain in the queue for 2 consecutive years* .
- All other nominations going forward will only be considered for the year they are submitted, not additional cycles as in years past. Due to the non-cyclical nature of each award, we will request re-submissions for each award during each year they are awarded. The submission content can remain the same, but we strongly recommend it be updated.
- Submission forms changed starting back in early 2022. We installed new software that make it easier to create an account for each submission and submit the necessary documents.
*All previous submissions for 2024 for these specific awards will be available for their consecutive years as specified. Visit our FAQs for more details.
Questions? Please contact us at any time.
