European Geosciences Union

The European Geosciences Union ( EGU) is an interdisciplinary scientific society for researchers who work in geophysics and related fields.

The aim of the EGU are promoting

• Of Geosciences and
• Cooperation between the scientists.

The EGU was formed on September 7, 2002 by the merger of the European Geophysical Society ( EGS ) and the European Union of Geosciences ( EUG).

The Union publishes several scientific journals and has been instrumental in the introduction of online and open access journals.

Prices, honors and fellowships

The Union also gives various awards and honors that have been awarded for the part of one of the two predecessor organizations:

General Pricing of the EGU

(Selection)

• Alexander von Humboldt Medal
• Alfred Wegener Medal
• Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists
• Arthur Holmes Medal
• Jean Dominique Cassini Medal

Prices of individual disciplines of the EGU

• Augustus Love Medal
• Beno Gutenberg Medal
• Christiaan Huygens Medal Medal
• David Bates Medal
• Fridtjof Nansen Medal
• Hannes Alfvén Medal
• Hans Oeschger Medal
• Henry Darcy Medal
• Ian McHarg Medal
• Jean Baptiste Lamarck Medal
• John Dalton Medal
• Julius Bartels Medal
• Lewis Fry Richardson Medal
• Louis Agassiz Medal
• Louis Néel Medal
• Milutin Milankovitch Medal
• Petrus Peregrinus Medal
• Philippe Duchaufour Medal
• Pliny
• Ralph Alger Bagnold Medal
• Robert Wilhelm Bunsen Medal
• Runcorn - Florensky Medal
• Sergey Soloviev Medal
• Vening Meinesz Medal
• Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal
• Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal