The following prizes are awarded each year to scientists from California & Nevada for the outstanding work performed by their receipients and the groups and institutions they work with.

Post Doctoral Awards

• 2010: 1st Prize: Eric Bousquet - UC Santa Barbara, 2nd Prize: None
  
• 2009: 1st Prize: Poul Georg Moses, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2nd Prize: None
  
• 2008: 1st Prize: Yonatan Dubi (UCSD), 2nd Prize: Maciej Haranczyk (LBNL)
• 2007: 1st Prize: Yonatan Duby (UCSD), 2nd Prize: Steve Whitelam (UCB)
• 2006: 1st Prize: Karoline Wiesner, 2nd Prize: Rodrigo P. Negreiros
• 2005: Tom Banks (UCB), 2nd Prize: Jaspinder Singh (UCD), 3rd Prize: Joseph Davis (UCD)

• 2010: 1st Prize: Cliff Chen - LLNL, 2nd Prize: None
  
• 2009: 1st Prize: Jeffery Smith, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2nd Prize: None
  
• 2008: 1st Prize: Yohannes Abate (UCB,LBNL), 2nd Prize: None
• 2007: 1st Prize: Cecile Portello-Roucelle (LBNL), 2nd Prize: Jigang Wang (LBNL)
• 2006: 1st Prize: Brandon Hartfiel, 2nd Prize: None
• 2005: 1st Prize: Michael Zwolak (Caltech), 2nd Prize: Brooke Haag (UCD), 3rd. Prize: Jessamyn Fairfield (LBNL)

Graduate Student Awards

• 2011: 1st Prize (tie): Steve Wilburn - CSU Fresno, Thomas E. Baker - CSU Long Beach
• 2010: 1st Prize: Sinead Griffin - UC Santa Barbara, 2nd Prize: Joshua Staker - San Diego State
  
• 2009: 1st Prize: Marcus Afshar, University of California, Davis, 2nd Prize: Alison Hatt, University of California, Santa Barbara
  
• 2008: 1st Prize: Matt Krems (UCSD), 2nd Prize: Andrea Arias de Gill (CSUF)
• 2007: 1st Prize: Tommaso Pardini (UCD), 2nd Prize:Alison Hatt (UCSB)
• 2006: 1st Prize: Quan Yin, 2nd Prize: John Burke
• 2005: 1st Prize: Kwan-Woo Lee (UCD), 2nd Prize: Alex Todd (CSUB), 3rd Prize: Jonathan Muliang (UCD)

• 2011: 1st Prize (tie): Erik Swanberg - UC Berkeley, Andrea Rodarte - UC Merced, 2nd place: Amy Furniss - UC Santa Cruz
• 2010: 1st Prize: Alexander Gray - UC Davis, 2nd Prize: Jose Amaral - Cal State University, Fresno
  
• 2009: 1st Prize: Nelson Coates, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2nd Prize: Adam Dioguardi, University of California, Davis
  
• 2008: 1st Prize: Adam Wachtor (UCI), 2nd Prize: Jennifer Shockro (UCI)
• 2007: 1st Prize: Stephen Minter (UCM), 2nd Prize: Mikel Holcomb (UCB)
• 2006: 1st Prize: Jason Giacomo, 2nd Prize: Rajan Bista
• 2005: 1st Prize: Randy Dumas (UCD), 2nd Prize: Donell Hoffman (UCD), 3rd Prize: Justin Olamit (UCD)

Undergraduate Awards

• 2011: 1st place (Theory): B. Busemeyer - UC Davis, 1st place (Experiment): Trinity Pradhananga -CSU East Bay, 2nd place (Experiment): Melinda Soares -UC Santa Cruz
• 2010: 1st Prize: Matt Curry - Cal Poly, 2nd Prize: Addison Cugini - Cal Poly
  
• 2009: 1st Prize: Kristopher Eric Martin, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2nd Prize: Christopher Brown, California Polytechnic State University
  
• 2008: 1st Prize: Johannes Stiller (LBNL), 2nd Prize: Mark Lohmann (CSUDH)
• 2007: 1st Prize: Geoffrey Nelson (CSUF), 2nd Prize: Peter Greene (UW/UCD)
• 2006: 1st Prize: Jared Wong, 2nd Prize: Daniel Guzman & Roger Newcomb
• 2005: 1st Prize: Keshav Dani (LBNL), 2nd Prize: Shahid Qamar (Arizona State), 3rd: Jeanna Royal (UCD)