Shaw Prize in Astronomy

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astronomy prize international award science award

The Shaw Prize in Astronomy is a prestigious international award that honors outstanding contributions to the field of astronomy and astrophysics.

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Label	Occurrences
Shaw Prize in Astronomy canonical	10
2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy	1
Shaw Prize	1
Shaw Prize for Astronomy	1
Shaw Prize in Astronomy, Life Science & Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2465295 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Shaw Prize in Astronomy
Context triple: [James Peebles, awardReceived, Shaw Prize in Astronomy]

A. Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
The Heineman Prize for Astrophysics is a prestigious scientific award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of astrophysics.
B. Eddington Medal
The Eddington Medal is a prestigious award in astrophysics and cosmology, presented by the Royal Astronomical Society for outstanding theoretical research in these fields.
C. Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences
The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences is a prestigious international award established in Hong Kong that honors outstanding contributions to mathematical research.
D. Henry Draper Medal
The Henry Draper Medal is a prestigious award presented by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences for outstanding contributions to astronomical physics.
E. Dirac Prize
The Dirac Prize is a prestigious international award in theoretical physics and mathematics, recognizing outstanding contributions to fields such as quantum theory, cosmology, and high-energy physics.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Shaw Prize in Astronomy
Target entity description: The Shaw Prize in Astronomy is a prestigious international award that honors outstanding contributions to the field of astronomy and astrophysics.

A. Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
The Heineman Prize for Astrophysics is a prestigious scientific award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of astrophysics.
B. Eddington Medal
The Eddington Medal is a prestigious award in astrophysics and cosmology, presented by the Royal Astronomical Society for outstanding theoretical research in these fields.
C. Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences
The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences is a prestigious international award established in Hong Kong that honors outstanding contributions to mathematical research.
D. Henry Draper Medal
The Henry Draper Medal is a prestigious award presented by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences for outstanding contributions to astronomical physics.
E. Dirac Prize
The Dirac Prize is a prestigious international award in theoretical physics and mathematics, recognizing outstanding contributions to fields such as quantum theory, cosmology, and high-energy physics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomy prize ⓘ international award ⓘ science award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Shaw Prize in Astronomy ⓘ surface form: Shaw Prize for Astronomy
awardCategoryOf	astronomy ⓘ
awardedFor	outstanding contributions in astronomy ⓘ outstanding contributions in astrophysics ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong
currency	US dollar ⓘ surface form: United States dollar
eligibility	international ⓘ living scientists ⓘ
field	astronomy ⓘ astrophysics ⓘ
firstAwarded	2004 ⓘ
founder	Run Run Shaw ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasDiscipline	cosmology ⓘ observational astronomy ⓘ planetary science ⓘ theoretical astrophysics ⓘ
hasLaureate	Adam G. Riess ⓘ Andrea Ghez ⓘ Brian Schmidt ⓘ surface form: Brian P. Schmidt Charles L. Bennett ⓘ Daniel Eisenstein ⓘ Frank H. Shu ⓘ James Peebles ⓘ Neta A. Bahcall ⓘ Paul C. W. Chu ⓘ Reinhard Genzel ⓘ Roger Blandford ⓘ surface form: Roger D. Blandford Saul Perlmutter ⓘ Vera Rubin ⓘ surface form: Vera Rubin (posthumous recognition in context of dark matter work, though not a laureate)
inception	2002 ⓘ
locationOfCeremony	Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong
monetaryValue	1200000 USD ⓘ
motto	The Nobel Prize of the East (nickname) ⓘ
namedAfter	Run Run Shaw ⓘ
partOf	Shaw Prize in Astronomy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Shaw Prize Shaw Prize in Astronomy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Shaw Prize in Astronomy, Life Science & Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences
presentedBy	The Shaw Prize Foundation ⓘ
relatedAward	Gruber Cosmology Prize ⓘ Kavli Prize ⓘ surface form: Kavli Prize in Astrophysics Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
selectionProcess	international committee ⓘ peer review ⓘ
sponsor	The Shaw Prize Foundation ⓘ
typicalNumberOfLaureatesPerYear	1 to 3 ⓘ
website	https://www.shawprize.org ⓘ

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James Peebles → awardReceived → Shaw Prize in Astronomy ⓘ

Michel Mayor → awardReceived → Shaw Prize in Astronomy ⓘ

Rainer Weiss → awardReceived → Shaw Prize in Astronomy ⓘ

Phillip James Edwin Peebles → awardReceived → Shaw Prize in Astronomy ⓘ

Shaw Prize in Astronomy → partOf → Shaw Prize in Astronomy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shaw Prize

Shaw Prize in Astronomy → alsoKnownAs → Shaw Prize in Astronomy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shaw Prize for Astronomy

Shaw Prize in Astronomy → partOf → Shaw Prize in Astronomy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shaw Prize in Astronomy, Life Science & Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences

High-z Supernova Search Team → awardSharedByMembers → Shaw Prize in Astronomy ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy

Steven Balbus → awardReceived → Shaw Prize in Astronomy ⓘ

William J. Borucki → awardReceived → Shaw Prize in Astronomy ⓘ

David C. Jewitt → awardReceived → Shaw Prize in Astronomy ⓘ

Brian Schmidt → awardReceived → Shaw Prize in Astronomy ⓘ

Adam G. Riess → awardReceived → Shaw Prize in Astronomy ⓘ

Saul Perlmutter → awardReceived → Shaw Prize in Astronomy ⓘ

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