Verrill Medal

Awards & Prizes

Learn more about various academic awards administered by the Yale Peabody Museum.

  • George Gaylord Simpson Prize

    Yale graduate students and recent PhD graduates are invited to submit one first-authored paper concerning evolution and the fossil record.

  • The Addison Emery Verrill Medal

    This Peabody-awarded medal was established in 1959 to honor Yale scientist Addison Emery Verrill, one of the 19th-century’s greatest zoologists.