Nominations for NAS Awards Due Oct. 4

NAS Awards

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Nominations are now being accepted for the NAS awards listed below. Consider nominating a colleague or work with Peggy Wright-Cleveland to secure a nomination for yourself. 

More information, including nomination instructions, eligibility requirements, and more can be found here. To get awards news straight to your inbox, make sure to sign up for our Connect with Awards newsletter.

Alexander Hollaender Award in Biophysics

Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences

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 (infectious diseases)

Maryam Mirzakhani Prize in Mathematics

Michael and Sheila Held Prize (computer science, specifically combinatorial/discrete optimization)

NAS Award in Chemical Sciences

NAS Award in Early Earth and Life Sciences-Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal (Cambrian or pre-Cambrian life)

NAS Award in Molecular Biology (young investigator)

NAS Award in the Neurosciences

NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences

NAS Public Welfare Medal

Pradel Research Award (neuroscience; mid-career neuroscientists)

Troland Research Awards (neuroscience, psychology; early-career researchers)

Questions? Contact NAS Awards at awards@nas.edu.

Article Date
July 16, 2021