Andrei Sakharov Prize (APS)

{{Short description|Biennial human rights award}}

{{distinguish|text=other Sakharov Prizes}}

The Andrei Sakharov Prize is a prize that is to be awarded every second year by the American Physical Society since 2006. The recipients are chosen for "outstanding leadership and/or achievements of scientists in upholding human rights". The prize is named after Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist; since 2007 it has been valued at $10,000.{{cite web |title=Andrei Sakharov Prize |url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/sakharov.cfm |website=aps.org |publisher=American Physical Society |accessdate=28 November 2019}} The first Sakharov Prize was awarded to physicist and former Soviet gulag prisoner Yuri Orlov.{{Cite web |title=First Andrei Sakharov Prize for human rights goes to Cornell physicist and former Soviet gulag prisoner Yuri Orlov {{!}} Cornell Chronicle |url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2005/11/yuri-orlov-recognized-his-commitment-human-rights |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=news.cornell.edu |language=en}}