The Gruber Prize in Cosmology, established in 2000, is one of three prestigious international awards worth US$500,000 awarded by the
Gruber Foundation, a non-profit organization based at
Yale University
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New Haven
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Connecticut
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Since 2001, the Gruber Prize in Cosmology has been co-sponsored by the
International Astronomical Union
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Recipients are selected by a panel from nominations that are received from around the world.
The Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize honors a leading cosmologist, astronomer, astrophysicist or scientific philosopher for theoretical, analytical or conceptual discoveries leading to fundamental advances in the field.
Recipients
*2000
Allan Sandage
Allan Rex Sandage (June 18, 1926 – November 13, 2010) was an American astronomer. He was Staff Member Emeritus with the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California. He determined the first reasonably accurate values for the Hubble const ...
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Philip James E. Peebles
*2001 Lord