Awards

The Academy presents a number of awards, spanning a wide range of scientific disciplines, to recognize outstanding achievements in science.

Announcements:

2010 National Academy of Sciences awards recipients
>>press release

Eugenie C. Scott to receive 2010 Public Welfare Medal
The National Academy of Sciences will present its most prestigious award, the Public Welfare Medal, to Dr. Eugenie C. Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education. The Academy Council chose Scott for championing the teaching of evolution in the United States and for providing leadership to the National Center for Science Education (NCSE).
>>Press Release
>>Public Welfare Medal

Awards to be presented in 2011
*indicates award for young investigators
nominations will be accepted until Sept 15, 2010

Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship
(physics of the earth)

Richard Lounsbery Award*
(biology and medicine)

National Academy of Sciences Award in Chemical Sciences

National Academy of Sciences Award for Chemistry in Service to Society
For a chemist working in industry.

National Academy of Sciences Award for the Industrial Application of Science

National Academy of Sciences Award for Initiatives in Research*
(optical sciences)
For citizens of the USA, preferably under the age of 35.

National Academy of Sciences Award for Molecular Biology*
For citizens of the USA age 45 and younger.

National Academy of Sciences Award for Scientific Reviewing
(economics)

 National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal

Troland Research Awards* (psychology: two awards)
For researchers age 40 and younger. 

Selman A. Waksman Award in Molecular Biology