Recipients for the 2026 awards have been announced. The winners will be honored in a ceremony on April 26 during the National Academy of Sciences’ 163rd annual meeting.
Nominations for the awards presented in 2027 (listed below) will open on April 26, 2026. Nominations are due by October 5, 2026.
Arctowski Medal (solar physics)
Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal (marine or freshwater algae)
J. Lawrence Smith Medal (investigations of meteoric bodies)
James Prize in Science and Technology Integration
Michael and Sheila Held Prize (computer science, specifically combinatorial/discrete optimization)
NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society
NAS Award for Scientific Discovery (biochemistry, biophysics, or chemistry)
NAS Award in Chemical Sciences
NAS Award in Molecular Biology (early-career researchers)
NAS Award in the Evolution of Earth and Life- Mary Clark Thompson Medal (geology and paleontology)
NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
Pradel Research Award (neuroscience)
Richard Lounsbery Award (biology and medicine)
Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology
Troland Research Awards (early-career researchers)
Questions?
Contact awards@nas.edu