Faculty External Award Resources
External awards can enhance your stature in your field. Learn more about college and university award resources and browse our searchable awards database.
External awards can transform your academic career. They increase your visibility, provide wider recognition for your work, offer collaboration and learning opportunities, and supply much-deserved resources.
Award Database
The college has created a database of external awards specific to the biological, mathematical and physical sciences fields. Browse the database to learn more about awards in your fields, and how to apply. If you have suggestions for awards to add to this database, please submit them using this form.
| Award Name | Associated Dept/Field | Granting Agency | More Information | Special Designation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFOSR Young Investigator Award | Multidisciplinary | Air Force | Application Process | Early Career |
| Albert Lasker Awards | Multidisciplinary | Albert Lasker Foundation | Application Process | |
| Humboldt Research Award | Multidisciplinary | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation* | Application Process | |
| Sloan Research Fellows | Multidisciplinary | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | Application Process | Early Career |
| Newcomb Cleveland Prize | Multidisciplinary | American Association for the Advancement of Science | Application Process | |
| Philip Hauge Abelson Prize | Multidisciplinary | American Association for the Advancement of Science | Application Process | |
| Newcomb Cleveland Prize | Multidisciplinary | American Association for the Advancement of Science | Application Process | |
| Philip Hauge Abelson Prize | Multidisciplinary | American Association for the Advancement of Science | Application Process | Lifetime Achievement |
| AAAS Fellow | Multidisciplinary | American Association for the Advancement of Science | Application Process | Lifetime Achievement |
| C. J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy | Biological Sciences | American Association of Anatomists | Application Process | Early Career |
| Henry Norris Russell Lectureship | Physics | American Astronomical Society | Application Process | Lifetime Achievement |
| Priestley Medal | Chemistry | American Chemical Society | Application Process | |
| Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics | Mathematics | American Mathematical Society | Application Process | |
| George David Birkhoff Prize in Applied Mathematics | Mathematics | American Mathematical Society | Application Process | |
| The Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal | MEAS | American Meteorological Society | Application Process | |
| Eli Lilly and Company Research Award | Biological Sciences | American Society for Microbiology | Application Process | |
| Morrison Award | Biological Sciences | American Society of Animal Science | Application Process | |
| The Beckman Scholars Program (Beckman Young Investigators) | Multidisciplinary | Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation | Application Process | Early Career |
| The Breakthrough Prizes | Multidisciplinary | Breakthrough Prize Board | Application Process | |
| DARPA Young Faculty Award | Multidisciplinary | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Application Process | Early Career |
| DOE Early Career Research Award | Multidisciplinary | Department of Energy | Application Process | Early Career |
| W.S. Cooper Award | Biological Sciences | Ecological Society of America | Application Process | |
| Bower Award | Multidisciplinary | Franklin Institute | Application Process | |
| Fulbright American Scholars | Multidisciplinary | Fulbright | Application Process | |
| Global Energy Prize | Multidisciplinary | Global Energy Association | Application Process | |
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators | Biological Sciences | Howard Hughes Medical Institute | Application Process | |
| Kyoto Prize | Multidisciplinary | Inamori Foundation of Japan | Application Process | |
| Guggenheim Fellow | Multidisciplinary | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | Application Process | |
| Kuwait Prize | Multidisciplinary | Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences | Application Process | |
| American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Multidisciplinary | Life Science | Application Process | |
| MacArthur Fellow | Multidisciplinary | MacArthur Foundation | Application Process | |
| Marcus Wallenberg Prize | Multidisciplinary | Marcus Wallenberg Prize | Application Process | |
| Moore Foundation Investigator Award | Physics | Moore Foundation | Application Process | Early Career |
| NASA Career Award | Multidisciplinary | NASA | Application Process | Early Career |
| Jefferson Science Fellowship | Multidisciplinary | National Academies | Application Process | |
| NAI Senior Members | Multidisciplinary | National Academy of Inventors | Application Process | |
| National Academy of Inventors Fellow | Multidisciplinary | National Academy of Inventors | Application Process | Lifetime Achievement |
| National Inventors Hall of Fame | Multidisciplinary | National Academy of Inventors | Application Process | Lifetime Achievement |
| Alexander Hollaender Award in Biophysics | Multidisciplinary | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Award in Molecular Biology | Biological Sciences | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology | Biological Sciences | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Award in Neurosciences | Biological Sciences | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| National Academy of Sciences Member | Multidisciplinary | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | Lifetime Achievement |
| Arctowski Medal | Physics | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Benjamin Apthorp Gould Prize | Physics | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Draper Medal, Henry | Physics | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| James Craig Watson Medal | Physics | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| NAS Award in Chemical Sciences | Chemistry | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| NAS Award in Chemistry in Service to Society | Chemistry | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Warren Prize, G. K. | MEAS | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Thompson Medal, Mary Clark | MEAS | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Award in Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis | Mathematics | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Mathematics, NAS Award in | Mathematics | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| William O. Baker Award for Initiatives in Research | Multidisciplinary | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Award for the Industrial Application of Science | Multidisciplinary | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Award in Scientific Reviewing | Multidisciplinary | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Carty Award, John J. | Multidisciplinary | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal | Multidisciplinary | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Public Welfare Medal | Multidisciplinary | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Richard Lounsbery Medal | Multidisciplinary | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Elliot Medal, Daniel Giraud | Multidisciplinary | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Agassiz Medal, Alexander | MEAS | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Day Prize and Lectureship, Arthur L. | MEAS | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| George P. Merrill Award | MEAS | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| J. Lawrence Smith Medal | MEAS | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Comstock Prize in Physics | Physics | National Academy of Sciences | Application Process | Early Career |
| National Institute of Health (NIH) Merit | Multidisciplinary | National Institute of Health | Application Process | |
| National Medal of Technology and Innovation | Multidisciplinary | National Science & Technology Medals Foundation | Application Process | Lifetime Achievement |
| National Medal of Science | Multidisciplinary | National Science Foundation | Application Process | Lifetime Achievement |
| Vannevar Bush Award | Multidisciplinary | National Science Foundation | Application Process | Lifetime Achievement |
| Alan T. Waterman Award | Multidisciplinary | National Science Foundation | Application Process | Early Career |
| NSF Early Career Development Award | Multidisciplinary | National Science Foundation | Application Process | Early Career |
| ONR Young Investigator Award | Multidisciplinary | Office of Naval Research | Application Process | Early Career |
| Cottrell Scholar Collaborative Award | Multidisciplinary | Research Corporation for Science Advancement | Application Process | Early Career |
| Royal Society of Chemistry Fellow | Multidisciplinary | Royal Society of Chemistry | Application Process | |
| Crafoord Prize | Multidisciplinary | Royal Swedish Academy of Science | Application Process | |
| Nobel Prize | Multidisciplinary | Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Gregori Aminoff Prize | Multidisciplinary | Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences | Application Process | |
| Searle Scholars | Multidisciplinary | Searle Scholars Program | Application Process | Early Career |
| Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience | Biological Sciences | Society for Neuroscience | Application Process | Early Career |
| Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience | Biological Sciences | Society for Neuroscience | Application Process | Lifetime Achievement |
| Theodosius Dobzhansky Prize | Biological Sciences | Society for the Study of Evolution | Application Process | Early Career |
| Stockholm Water Prize | Multidisciplinary | Stockholm Water Foundation | Application Process | |
| Japan Prize Laureates | Multidisciplinary | The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan | Application Process | |
| Aldo Leopold Memorial Award | Biological Sciences | The Wildlife Society | Application Process | |
| Wolf Prize- Agriculture, Medicine, math, physics, chemistry | Multidisciplinary | Wolf Foundation | Application Process | |
| ASA Fellow | Statistics | American Statistical Association | Application Process | Lifetime Achievement |
| Founders Award | Statistics | American Statistical Association | Application Process | Lifetime Achievement |
| ISI Elected Member | Statistics | International Statistics Institute | Application Process | |
| Jan Tinbergen Competition for Young Statisticians | Statistics | International Statistics Institute | Application Process | Early Career |
| Founders of Statistics Prize for Contemporary Research Contributions | Statistics | International Statistics Institute | Application Process | |
| International Prize in Statistics | Statistics | International Statistics Institute | Application Process | |
| Fellow | Statistics | Institute of Mathematical Statistics | Application Process | Lifetime Achievement |
| Peter Gavin Hall IMS Early Career Prize | Statistics | Institute of Mathematical Statistics | Application Process | Early Career |
| Presidents' Award | Statistics | Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies | Application Process | |
| Emerging Leader Award | Statistics | Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies | Application Process | Early Career |
Discipline-Specific Award Resources
- American Chemical Society
- American Meteorological Society
- American Physical Society
- American Institute of Physics
- American Statistical Association
- Geological Society of America
- International Statistical Institute
- Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies
Our Award Winners
University Support
The External Awards unit of NC State’s Office for Faculty Excellence (OFE) is dedicated to supporting faculty members in their pursuit of external awards. Director Kyle Miskell provides valuable assistance throughout the application process, ensuring that faculty members are well-prepared and positioned for success.
- Tips on Being Award Ready: Prepare yourself for success with valuable insights and advice from OFE to enhance your chances of receiving external recognition.
- Advice on Writing Letters: Craft compelling and effective application letters with guidance from OFE to showcase your achievements and contributions.
- Advice on Securing Letters: Learn strategies for obtaining strong letters of recommendation to strengthen your award application.
- Fulbright Resources: Explore resources and guidance specifically tailored for Fulbright opportunities, a prestigious avenue for international recognition.
- Previous Recipients: Gain inspiration from the achievements of past recipients who have successfully secured external awards with the support of OFE.
Office for faculty Excellence
Contacts
Herle McGowan
Associate Dean for Administration
College of Sciences
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Kyle Miskell
Director of External Awards and Faculty Recognition
NC State Office of Faculty Excellence
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