Since 1886, the National Academy of Sciences has honored more than 1,000 individuals in the physical, biological, and social sciences through its awards program.
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2025 Awards. Unless otherwise specified, preference will be given to early-career scientists and those whose work hasn’t been recognized by other large prizes or awards. Please note that the nomination requirements and conflict of interest policies have changed.
Alexander Agassiz Medal (oceanography)
Alexander Hollaender Award in Biophysics
Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
Arctowski Medal (solar physics)
G. K. Warren Prize (fluviatile geology)
Henry Draper Medal (astronomical physics)
J. Lawrence Smith Medal (investigations of meteoric bodies)
James Craig Watson Medal (astronomy)
James Prize in Science and Technology Integration
Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal (medical sciences)
John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science
Maryam Mirzakhani Prize in Mathematics
Michael and Sheila Held Prize (computer science, specifically combinatorial/discrete optimization)
NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society (academia, government, and non-profit organizations)
NAS Award for the Industrial Application of Science
NAS Award for Scientific Discovery (astronomy, materials science, or physics)
NAS Award in Early Earth and Life Studies
NAS Award in Chemical Sciences
NAS Award in Molecular Biology (young investigator)
NAS Award in the Evolution of Earth and Life
NAS Award in the Neurosciences
NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
Pradel Research Award (neuroscience)
Richard Lounsbery Award (young investigator)
Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology
Troland Research Awards (early-career researchers)