To acknowledge achievement, excellence, and service, scientists receive various awards and membership in several honorary societies. To see the history of the accomplishments of CfA scientists, click on the links below.

• American Academy of Arts and Sciences

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

• American Astronomical Society (AAS)

• American Geophysical Union (AGU)

• American Philosophical Society (APS)

• American Physical Society (APS)

• Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)

• Ernest O. Lawrence Award

• Gruber Prize in Cosmology

• MacArthur Fellows Program

• National Academy of Sciences (NAS)

• National Science Foundation (NSF)

• Nobel Prize

• Royal Society of London/COSPAR Massey Award