Andrei Sakharov Prize (APS)

Not to be confused with other Sakharov Prizes.

The Andrei Sakharov Prize is a prize that is to be awarded every second year by the American Physical Society since 2006. The recipients are chosen for "outstanding leadership and/or achievements of scientists in upholding human rights". The prize is named after Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist; since 2007 it has been valued at $10,000.[1] The first Sakharov Prize was awarded to physicist and former Soviet gulag prisoner Yuri Orlov.[2]

  1. ^ "Andrei Sakharov Prize". aps.org. American Physical Society. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  2. ^ "First Andrei Sakharov Prize for human rights goes to Cornell physicist and former Soviet gulag prisoner Yuri Orlov | Cornell Chronicle". news.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-07.