2027 Awards for Essays on Gravitation
2027 Awards for Essays on Gravitation support authors of short, well-written essays on gravitation, its theory, applications, or effects to stimulate thought and encourage further work.
Funder: Gravity Research Foundation
Due Dates: March 31, 2027 (Essay submission, midnight) | May 15, 2027 (Awards)
Funding Amounts: Five cash awards: $4,000, $700, $600, $500, and $400
Summary: Recognizes short, well-written essays on gravitation, its theory, applications, or effects to stimulate thought and encourage further work.
Key Information: Only one essay per author is accepted, and essays must not be AI generated.
Description
The Gravity Research Foundation’s trustees run this annual essay competition to stimulate thought and encourage work on the phenomenon of gravitation. The 2027 competition, its seventy-eighth, offers five awards for the best and most well-written short essays addressing gravitation, its theory, applications, or effects. Essays may or may not present original research, but their ideas should be self-contained and understandable without requiring readers to consult other documents.
The competition is not intended to replace a research journal for detailed original findings. It favors essays rather than lengthy mathematical calculations or detailed descriptions of experimental setups. The five award-winning essays will be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Modern Physics D.
