The Fluid Dynamics Prize is a prize that has been awarded annually by the American Physical Society (APS) since 1979. The recipient is chosen for "outstanding achievement in fluid dynamics research". As of 2007 the prize is valued at $10,000. In 2004, the Otto Laporte Award—another APS award on fluid dynamics—was merged into the Fluid Dynamics Prize.

Recipients

- 2008: Julio M. Ottino

- 2007: Guenter Ahlers

- 2006: Thomas S. Lundgren

- 2005: Ronald J. Adrian

- 2004: George M. (Bud) Homsy

- 2003: Jerry Gollub

- 2002: Gary Leal

- 2001: Howard Brenner

- 2000: Friedrich Hermann Busse

- 1999: Daniel D. Joseph

- 1998: Fazle Hussain

- 1997: Louis Norberg Howard

- 1996: Parviz Moin

- 1995: Harry L Swinney

- 1994: Stephen H. Davis

- 1993: Theodore Yao-tsu Wu

- 1992: William R. Sears

- 1991: Andreas Acrivos

- 1990: John L. Lumley

- 1989: William W. Willmarth

- 1988: Galen B. Schubauer

- 1987: Anatol Roshko

- 1986: Robert T. Jones

- 1985: Chia-Shun Yih

- 1984: George Carrier

- 1983: Stanley Corrsin

- 1982: Howard W. Emmons

- 1981: Philip S. Klebanoff

- 1980: Hans Wolfgang Liepmann

- 1979: Chia Chiao Li