The Nier Prize recognizes outstanding research in meteoritics and closely allied fields by young scientists. The recipient will be a scientist who has not reached age 35 at the end of the year in which he or she is selected, or whose doctorate was awarded no more than seven years before the year of selection. The award was established in 1995 to honor the memory of Alfred O. C. Nier, and is supported by an endowment given by Mrs. Ardis H. Nier.
Members are strongly urged to nominate candidates for the Nier Prize. Yearly nomination deadline: February 15. The procedures for nominations may be found in the Leonard Medal Committee bylaws and rules.
Learn more: Leonard Medal Committee
- 1996 Leshin, Laurie
- 1997 McCoy, Timothy J.
- 1998 Srinivasan, Gopalan
- 1999 Choi, Byeon-Gak
- 2000 Wadhwa, Meenakshi
- 2001 Nittler, Larry
- 2002 Lauretta, Dante
- 2003 Desch, Steven J.
- 2004 Messenger, Scott R.
- 2005 Dauphas, Nicolas
- 2006 Gounelle, Matthieu
- 2007 Kleine, Thorsten
- 2008 Tachibana, Shogo
- 2009 Osinski, Gordon
- 2010 Glavin, Daniel
- 2011 Ciesla, Fred J.
- 2012 Moynier, Fred
- 2013 Bouvier, Audrey
- 2014 Day, James
- 2015 Beck, Pierre
- 2016 Brennecka, Gregory
- 2017 McCubbin, Francis
- 2018 Hallis, Lydia
- 2019 Takigawa, Aki
- 2020 Kruijer, Thomas
- 2021 Liu, Nan
- 2022 Udry, Arya
- 2023 Barnes, Jessica
- 2024 van Kooten, Elishevah