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Behavioral and Social Sciences
- Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
- William and Katherine Estes Award
- Troland Research Awards
Biology and Medicine
- Alexander Hollaender Award in Biophysics
- Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal
- Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal
- NAS Award in Molecular Biology
- NAS Award in the Neurosciences
- Pradel Research Award
- Richard Lounsbery Award
- Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology
- Troland Research Awards
Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Alexander Agassiz Medal
- Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship
- G. K. Warren Prize
- NAS Award in Early Earth and Life Sciences
- NAS Award in the Evolution of Earth and Life
Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Gibbs Brothers Medal
- J. C. Hunsaker Award in Aeronautical Engineering
- NAS Award for the Industrial Application of Science
- NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
Physical Sciences and Mathematics
- Alexander Hollaender Award in Biophysics
- Arctowski Medal
- Comstock Prize in Physics
- Henry Draper Medal
- J. Lawrence Smith Medal
- James Craig Watson Medal
- Maryam Mirzakhani Prize in Mathematics (formerly the NAS Award in Mathematics)
- Michael and Sheila Held Prize
- NAS Award for Scientific Discovery
- NAS Award in Chemical Sciences
- NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society
General
- National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal (public good)
- James Prize in Science and Technology Integration (integration of two or more disciplines)
- John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science (field rotates among the physical, biological, and social sciences)
- NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing (field rotates among the physical, biological, and social sciences)
