2027 Awards for Essays on Gravitation

About this program

The Gravity Research Foundation is offering five awards totaling $6,200 for well-written essays that stimulate thought and encourage work on gravitation, including its theory, applications, or effects; winning essays will be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Modern Physics D. Awards range from $4,000 for first place to $400 for fifth place. Applicants may submit one self-contained, non-AI-generated essay in English, limited to 10 double-spaced pages excluding title and references, with required title-page information and a 125-word-or-less abstract. Submissions must be emailed as a single PDF by midnight March 31, 2027; no specific institutional or disciplinary eligibility restrictions are stated.