Academic Honours, Awards, and Grants

Honours and Awards

APS	Armenian Physical Society annual prize for young scientists	APS	1994
	Euro-Asian Astronomical Society annual prize for young astronomers	EAAS	1995
	Included in Dictionary of International Biography, 27^th-30^th editions, Cambridge, UK	IBC	1999-2002
	Barons Who's Who (The Europe 500 Leaders for the New Century), Oxford, UK	BWW	1999-2000
	Included in Outstanding Intellectuals of the 20^st Century, Cambridge, UK	IBC	2000
	Included in Outstanding Scientists of the 20^st Century, Cambridge, UK	IBC	2000
	Included in the Who's Who in the 21st Century, First Edition, Cambridge, UK	IBC	2000
	Included in the Marquis' Who's Who dictionary, USA	MWW	2000
	Nominations as International Personality of the Year for 2001, Cambridge, UK	IBC	2000
	WSA IT award for the best e-Science project in Armenia (DFBS)	WSA	2005
	Certificate of Appreciation, Armenian Ministry of Culture	MinCulture	2009
	Letter of Commendation, ArAS	ArAS	2009
	Letter of Commendation, Armenian National Academy of Sciences	NAS RA	2009
	International Year of Astronomy (IYA-2009) Certificate of Appreciation	IYA-2009	2010
	Letter of Commendation, Armenian Ministry of Education and Science	MinEduSci	2013
	Tigran Metz medal from Aspetats Academy of International Security	AAIS	2017
	Russian International Academy of Tourism medal	RMAT	2019
	Letter of Commendation, ArAS	ArAS	2019

Research Grants (40)

	American Astronomical Society grant for young astronomers (2 times)	AAS	1992-1993
	European Southern Observatory grant on FBS BSOs (PI: H.V. Abrahamian)	ESO	1993-1995
	INTAS grant on “Study of Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies” (PI: A.R. Petrosian)	INTAS	1995-1996
	PICS / Jumelage grants (OHP, 6 times)	PICS	1997-2002
A.N.S.E.F.	ANSEF grant PS-191 on “Study of IRAS galaxies”	ANSEF	2001
A.N.S.E.F.	ANSEF grant PS-450 on “Digitization of the First Byurakan Survey”	ANSEF	2002
	DFG grants (Hamburger Sternwarte, 3 times)	DFG	2002-2005
	INSU “Poste Rouge” award (OHP)	INSU	2003
	National Science Foundation grant (Cornell University)	NSF	2003-2004
	INSU ANR award (Service d’Aéronomie)	INSU	2006
	INSU ANR award (Observatoire de Lyon)	INSU	2006-2007
	Universitá di Roma “La Sapienza” grant on DFBS collaboration	UniRoma	2006-2007
A.N.S.E.F.	ANSEF grant PS-702 on “Science with Armenian Virtual Observatory”	ANSEF	2007
	CRDF ARP1-2849-YE-06 grant on “DFBS and ArVO”	CRDF	2007-2010
	ISTC A-1451 grant on “Development of Scientific Computing Grid on the Base of ArmCluster for South Caucasus Region”	ISTC	2007-2009
	INSU ANR award (Service d’Aeronomie)	INSU	2007
	ISTC A-1606 grant on “Development of Armenian-Georgian Grid Infrastructure and Applications in the Fields of High Energy Physics, Astrophysics and Quantum Physics”	ISTC	2008-2010
	PICS / FP7 Europlanet grants (LATMOS, 7 times)	PICS	2008-2014
	DAAD A/08/18815 grant on “Multiwavelength studies of bright AGN”	DAAD	2009
A.N.S.E.F.	ANSEF grant PS-2968 “Study of Multiwavelength Properties of Markarian Galaxies using Virtual Observatory”	ANSEF	2012
	Top-100 Most Productive Scientists of Armenia	SCS	2012-2013
	DAAD A/13/03776 grant on “Statistical study of bright active galaxies and their classification”	DAAD	2013
A.N.S.E.F.	ANSEF grant PS-3605 “X-ray properties of active galaxies”	ANSEF	2014
	Top-100 Most Productive Scientists of Armenia	SCS	2015
	H2020 EaP Twinning grant ARM-SAT	H2020	2015
	University of Hawaii Distinguished Visitors Award	UH	2015
	SCS Thematic Research Grant 15T-1C257 on “Spectral and multiwavelength study of Markarian galaxies”	SCS	2015-2017
	BAO Plate Archive project	BAO PAP	2015-2018
	COST Action TD1403 BigSkyEarth	BigSkyEarth	2016-2019
A.N.S.E.F.	ANSEF grant PS-4195 “Multiwavelength studies of blazars”	ANSEF	2016
	COST Action TD1403 Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) Award	BigSkyEarth	2016
	Top-100 Most Productive Scientists of Armenia	SCS	2016-2017
	Tel Aviv University Distinguished Visitors Award	TAU	2017
	SCS-BMBF Armenian-German grant on “Building high-performance research environment through German and Armenian Astrophysical Virtual Observatories”	SCS BMBF	2017-2019
	COST Action TD1403 Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) Award	BigSkyEarth	2018
	Top-100 Most Productive Scientists of Armenia	SCS	2018-2019
	COST Action CA18104 MW-Gaia	MW-Gaia	2019-2023
	COST Action CA18104 Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) Award	MW-Gaia	2020
	EU H2020 Erasmus+ grant on Space Sciences and Technologies	Erasmus+	2020-2021
	Top-100 Most Productive Scientists of Armenia	SCS	2020-2021

Organizational Grants (40)

	INTAS grant for organization of the First Byurakan International Summer School	INTAS	2006
	NFSAT conference organization grant for JENAM-2007	NFSAT	2007
	NAS RA grant for organization of Second Byurakan International Summer School	NAS RA	2008
	Armenian State Committee of Science grant for organization of ArAS VIII meeting	SCS	2009
	UNESCO conference organization grant for ISYA-2010	UNESCO	2010
	Armenian State Committee of Science grant for organization of ISYA-2010	SCS	2010
	NFSAT conference organization grant for ISYA-2010	NFSAT	2010
ԵԳԱԾ	RA President’s “Young Scientists Support Program” grant for 4BISS	YSSP	2012
	RA Government funding for Anania Shirakatsi – 1400 meeting and 4BISS	RA Gov	2012
	UNESCO conference organization grant for 3BSS / IAU S304 training courses	UNESCO	2013
	DAAD grant for organization of IAU S304	DAAD	2013
	Armenian State Committee of Science grant for organization of IAU S304	SCS	2013
	Armenian State Committee of Science grant for organization of RASCS meeting	SCS	2014
	Fund for Armenian Relief grant for organization of the 1^st BAO Science Camp	FAR	2014
	Armenian State Committee of Science grant for organization of the Symposium “Astronomical Surveys and Big Data”	SCS	2015
	OAD funding for establishment of IAU South-West Asian ROAD in Armenia	IAU OAD	2015
	Fund for Armenian Relief grant for organization of the 2^nd BAO Science Camp	FAR	2015
	OAD project “Development of Astro Tourism in South West Asia”	IAU OAD	2016
	Fund for Armenian Relief grant for organization of the 3^rd BAO Science Camp	FAR	2016
	Armenian State Committee of Science grant for organization of 5BISS	SCS	2016
	Armenian State Committee of Science grant for organization of BAO-70 meeting	SCS	2016
	Fund for Armenian Relief grant for organization of ArAS School Lectures	FAR	2016
	Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation grant on Scientific Tourism Development in Armenia	SDC	2016
	Fund for Armenian Relief grant for organization of the 4^th BAO Science Camp	FAR	2017
	UNESCO conference organization grant for the Conference Astronomical Heritage of the Middle East	UNESCO	2017
	Fund for Armenian Relief grant for organization of ArAS School Lectures	FAR	2018
	Fund for Armenian Relief grant for organization of the 5^th BAO Science Camp	FAR	2018
	Armenian Committee of Science grant for organization of 6BISS	SCS	2018
	Armenian Committee of Science grant for organization of Viktor Ambartsumian 110^th anniversary meeting	SCS	2018
	OAD grant for organization of IAU South West and Central Asian 2^nd Regional Workshop	IAU OAD	2018
	Stepan Gishyan foundation grant on Development of Astro Tourism in Armenia	GishyanFund	2018-2019
	Fund for Armenian Relief grant for organization of ArAS School Lectures	FAR	2019
	Armenian Committee of Science grant for organization of Arakelian 90^th anniversary meeting	SCS	2019
	Armenian Committee of Science grant for organization of Regional Summer School on Space Sciences and Technologies	SCS	2019
	OAD grant for organization of IAU South West and Central Asian 3^rd Regional Workshop	IAU OAD	2019
	IAU100 grant for Astro Tourism in South West and Central Asia	IAU	2019-2020
	Fund for Armenian Relief grant for organization of ArAS School Lectures	FAR	2020
	Armenian Committee of Science grant for organization of A&A Board of Directors meeting	SCS	2020
	Armenian Committee of Science grant for organization of 7BISS	SCS	2020
	Armenian Committee of Science grant for organization of the Symposium “Astronomical Surveys and Big Data – 2”	SCS	2020