Recipients of awards described as “highly prestigious” by the National Academies are recognized for outstanding achievements, extraordinary originality, leadership in their fields and innovative research, as well as the advancement of human knowledge and the betterment of society.

• American Academy of Arts and Letters

• Gary Snyder, English (emeritus)

• American Academy of Arts and Sciences

• Andreas Albrecht, Physics
  Robert Feenstra, Economics
  Margaret Ferguson, English (emerita)
  Sandra Gilbert, English (emerita)
  Ralph Hexter, Classics and Comparative Literature
  Sarah Hrdy, Anthropology (emerita)
  Robert Huckfeldt, Political Science
  Susan Mann, History (emerita)
  Jessie Ann Owens, Music (emerita)
  Andrés Reséndez, History
  Christopher Reynolds, Music
  David Simpson, English
  Gary Snyder, English (emeritus)
  Craig Tracy, Mathematics
  Donald Turcotte, Earth and Planetary Sciences (emeritus)
  Anthony J. Tyson, Physics
  Archana Venkatesan, Religious Studies and Comparative Literature
  Geerat Vermeij, Earth and Planetary Sciences

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Andreas Albrecht, Physics

  James Ames, Chemistry
  Alan Balch, Chemistry
  Peter Beal, Chemistry
  R. David Britt, Chemistry
  John Capitanio, Psychology
  Xi Chen, Chemistry
  Shirley Chiang, Physics
  Kari M. Cooper, Earth and Planetary Sciences
  Sheila David, Chemistry
  Davide Donadio, Chemistry
  Fernanda Ferreira, Psychology
  Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague, Chemistry
  John Gunion, Physics and Astronomy (emeritus)
  Tessa Hill, Earth and Planetary Sciences
  Jiming Jiang, Statistics
  Susan Kauzlarich, Chemistry
  Neal Kroll, Psychology (emeritus)
  William Lacy, Sociology (emeritus)
  Carlito Lebrilla, Chemistry
  Thomas Lee, Statistics
  Gang-Yu Liu, Chemistry
  Steven Luck, Psychology
  George R. Mangun, Psychology and Neurology
  Henry McHenry, Anthropology (emeritus)
  Isabel Montañez, Earth and Planetary Sciences
  Hans-Georg Müller, Statistics
  Bruno Nachtergaele, Mathematics
  Cheuk-Yiu Ng, Chemistry
  Warren Pickett, Physics (emeritus)
  John Rundle, Earth and Planetary Sciences
  Francisco Samaniego, Statistics
  Jared T. Shaw, Chemistry
  Dean Simonton, Psychology
  David Glenn Smith, Anthropology (emeritus)
  Sarah Stewart, Earth and Planetary Sciences
  Dean Tantillo, Chemistry
  Craig Tracy, Mathematics
  Geerat Vermeij, Earth and Planetary Sciences
  Jane-Ling Wang, Statistics

• American Council of Learned Societies
• Mario Biagioli, Science and Technology Studies
  Elizabeth Freeman, English

  Hsuan Hsu, English
  John Lopez, Art History
  Eva Mroczek, Religious Studies
  Suzana Sawyer, Anthropology
  Cecilia Tsu, History
  Charles Walker, History

• Bancroft Prize

• Louis Warren, History
  Andrés Reséndez, History
  Ari Kelman, History
  Alan S. Taylor, History (emeritus)

• Fulbright Senior Scholars

• Robert Bayley, Linguistics
  Paul Brady, Physics and Astronomy (emeritus)
  David Corina, Psychology
  Chia-ning Chang, East Asian Languages and Cultures
  Peter Hays, English (emeritus)
  George (Ron) Mangun, Psychology
  Ken Verosub, Earth and Planetary Sciences (emeritus)
  Robert Zierenberg, Earth and Planetary Sciences (emeritus)

• Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship 

• Ali Anooshahr, History
  Ross Bauer, Music (emeritus)
  David Biale, History
  Thomas Bills, Art (emeritus)
  Anna Maria Busse Berger, Music
  L.M. Bogad, Theatre and Dance
  Lucy Corin, English
  Daniel Cox, Physics
  Diana Davis, History
  Marisol de la Cadena, Anthropology
  Frances Dolan, English
  Margaret Ferguson, English (emerita)
  Andrew Frank, Music (emeritus)
  Mike Henderson, Art (emeritus)
  William Jackson, Chemistry (emeritus)
  Petr Janata, Psychology
  Ari Kelman, History
  Arthur Krener, Mathematics (emeritus)
  Gerd LaMar, Chemistry (emeritus)
  Lynn Hershman Leeson, Cinema and Digital Media (emerita)
  Zoila Mendoza, Native American Studies
  Elizabeth Carolyn Miller, English
  Isabel Montañez, Earth and Planetary Sciences 
  Pablo Ortiz, Music
  Mika Pelo, Music
  David Pines, Physics (emeritus)
  Charan Ranganath, Psychology
  Kurt Rohde, Music
  Annabeth Rosen, Art
  Laurie San Martin, Music
  Carl Schmid, Chemistry (emeritus)
  David Simpson, English
  Alan M. Taylor, Economics
  J. Blake Temple, Mathematics
  Donald Turcotte, Earth and Planetary Sciences (emeritus)
  Archana Venkatesan, Religious Studies
  Geerat Vermeij, Earth and Planetary Sciences
  Raymond Waddington, English (emeritus)
  Heghnar Watenpaugh, Art History
  Louis Warren, History
  Michael Wedin, Philosophy (emeritus)
  Roger Wets, Mathematics (emeritus)
  Li Zhang, Anthropology

• MacArthur Foundation Fellowship 

• Leah Krubitzer, Psychology
  Sarah Stewart, Earth and Planetary Sciences
  Geerat Vermeij, Earth and Planetary Sciences

• National Academy of Sciences

• John Dewey, Earth and Planetary Sciences (emeritus)
  Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Anthropology (emerita)
  Robert May, Philosophy
  Isabel Montañez, Earth and Planetary Sciences
  Alexandra Navrotsky, Chemistry (emerita)
  David Pines, Physics
  Donald Turcotte, Earth and Planetary Sciences (emeritus)
  Anthony J. Tyson, Physics
  Geerat Vermeij, Earth and Planetary Sciences

• National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship

• David Biale, History
  Anna Maria Busse Berger, Music
  William Hagen, History (emeritus)
  Ari Kelman, History
  Marit MacArthur, University Writing Program
  Susan Mann, History (emerita)
  Elizabeth Miller, English
  Jessie Ann Owens, Music (emerita)
  Christopher Reynolds, Music
  Lynn Roller, Art History (emerita)
  Jeffrey Ruda, Art History (emeritus)
  Seth Schein, Comparative Literature (emeritus)
  Brenda Schildgen, Comparative Literature (emerita)
  Paul Teller, Philosophy (emeritus)
  Baki Tezcan, History

• Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE)

• Tessa Hill, Earth and Planetary Sciences
  Dan Romik, Mathematics
  Naoki Saito, Mathematics
  Sarah Stewart, Earth and Planetary Sciences
  Mariel Vazquez, Mathematics

• Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
• Susan Kauzlarich, Chemistry 
• Pulitzer Prize 

• Gary Snyder, English (emeritus)
  Alan Taylor, History (emeritus)

• Sloan Research Fellowship

• Matthew Augustine, Chemistry
  David Barnette, Mathematics (emeritus)
  Louise Berben, Chemistry
  James Bremer, Mathematics
  Roger Casals, Mathematics
  Rishidev Chaudhuri, Mathematics and Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
  Xi Chen, Chemistry
  Daniel Cox, Physics
  Sheila David, Chemistry
  Jacquelyn Gervey-Hague, Chemistry
  John Gunion, Physics (emeritus)
  Joel Hass, Mathematics
  Lynn Hershman Leeson, Cinema and Digital Media (emerita)
  Joseph Kiskis, Physics (emeritus)
  Greg Kuperberg, Mathematics
  Mark Kurth, Chemistry
  Gerd Lamar, Physics (emeritus)
  Timothy Lewis, Mathematics
  Markus Luty, Physics
  Benjamin Morris, Mathematics
  Cheuk-Yiu Ng, Chemistry
  Philip Power, Chemistry
  Steve Shkoller, Mathematics
  Laura Starkston, Mathematics
  Zoila Mendoza, Native American Studies
  Alexander Soshnikov, Mathematics
  Alexei Stuchebrukhov, Chemistry
  Abigail Thompson, Mathematics
  Nancy True, Chemistry (emerita)
  Inna Vishik, Physics