Harvard University

Awards

1. 2026

   Cynthia Dwork

   Japan Prize — Electronics, Information, and Communication

2. 2026

   Stuart H. Orkin

   Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences · Harvard Medical School

3. 2026

   David Ginty

   The Brain Prize · Harvard Medical School

4. 2025

   Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas

   Canada Gairdner International Award · Harvard Medical School

5. 2025

   David R. Liu

   Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences

6. 2024

   Stuart H. Orkin

   Shaw Prize — Life Science and Medicine · Harvard Medical School

7. 2024

   Paul F. Hoffman

   Kyoto Prize — Basic Sciences

8. 2024

   Haim Sompolinsky

   The Brain Prize

9. 2023

   Michael E. Greenberg

   The Brain Prize · Harvard Medical School

10. 2022

    Stuart H. Orkin

    Canada Gairdner International Award · Harvard Medical School

11. 2022

    Andrew H. Knoll

    Crafoord Prize — Geosciences

12. 2021

    Joel Habener

    Canada Gairdner International Award · Harvard Medical School

13. 2021

    Catherine Dulac

    Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences

14. 2021

    Michael A. Moskowitz

    The Brain Prize · Harvard Medical School

15. 2019

    William G. Kaelin

    Nobel Prize — Medicine · Harvard Medical School

16. 2019

    Xiaowei Zhuang

    Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences

17. 2017

    Cumrun Vafa

    Breakthrough Prize — Fundamental Physics

18. 2017

    Stephen Elledge

    Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences · Harvard Medical School

19. 2017

    Andrew Strominger

    Breakthrough Prize — Fundamental Physics

20. 2016

    C. Ronald Kahn

    Wolf Prize — Medicine · Harvard Medical School

21. 2016

    Stuart Schreiber

    Wolf Prize — Chemistry

22. 2015

    Robert P. Kirshner

    Wolf Prize — Physics

23. 2015

    Richard Lewontin

    Crafoord Prize — Biosciences

24. 2015

    Jacob Lurie

    Breakthrough Prize — Mathematics

25. 2014

    Daniel Eisenstein

    Shaw Prize — Astronomy

26. 2013

    Stephen Elledge

    Canada Gairdner International Award · Harvard Medical School

27. 2013

    Eric S. Lander

    Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences · Harvard Medical School

28. 2012

    Charles M. Lieber

    Wolf Prize — Chemistry

29. 2010

    Shing-Tung Yau

    Wolf Prize — Mathematics

30. 2010

    Leslie Valiant

    Turing Award

31. 2009

    Clifford H. Taubes

    Shaw Prize — Mathematical Sciences

32. 2009

    Jack W. Szostak

    Nobel Prize — Medicine · Harvard Medical School

33. 2009

    Richard Losick

    Canada Gairdner International Award

34. 2008

    Gary Ruvkun

    Canada Gairdner International Award · Harvard Medical School

35. 2007

    Richard Taylor

    Shaw Prize — Mathematical Sciences

36. 2007

    Peter Shaw Ashton

    Japan Prize — Science and Technology of Harmonious Co-Existence

37. 2006

    Jack W. Szostak

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award · Harvard Medical School

38. 2005

    Roy J. Glauber

    Nobel Prize — Physics

39. 2004

    Matthew Meselson

    Lasker Award — Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science

40. 2004

    Timothy A. Springer

    Crafoord Prize — Polyarthritis · Harvard Medical School

41. 2003

    George McClelland Whitesides

    Kyoto Prize — Advanced Technology

42. 2002/2003

    Bertrand Halperin

    Wolf Prize — Physics

43. 2001

    Marc W. Kirschner

    Canada Gairdner International Award · Harvard Medical School

44. 2000

    Raoul Bott

    Wolf Prize — Mathematics

45. 1999

    Seymour S. Kety

    Lasker Award — Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science · Harvard Medical School

46. 1999

    Don C. Wiley

    Japan Prize — Molecular Recognition and Dynamics in Bioscience

47. 1999

    Jack L. Strominger

    Japan Prize — Molecular Recognition and Dynamics in Bioscience

48. 1999

    Ernst Mayr

    Crafoord Prize — Biosciences

49. 1998

    Curtis T. McMullen

    Fields Medal

50. 1998

    Adam M. Dziewonski

    Crafoord Prize — Geosciences

51. 1995

    Jack L. Strominger

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

52. 1995

    Don C. Wiley

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

53. 1994

    Don C. Wiley

    Canada Gairdner International Award

54. 1994

    Shing-Tung Yau

    Crafoord Prize — Mathematics

55. 1992

    M. Judah Folkman

    Wolf Prize — Medicine · Harvard Medical School

56. 1991

    M. Judah Folkman

    Canada Gairdner International Award

57. 1990

    Elias James Corey

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry

58. 1990

    Shigefumi Mori

    Fields Medal

59. 1990

    E. O. Wilson

    Crafoord Prize — Biosciences

60. 1989

    Norman F. Ramsey

    Nobel Prize — Physics

61. 1989

    Elias James Corey

    Japan Prize — Medicinal Science

62. 1989

    Louis M. Kunkel

    Canada Gairdner International Award

63. 1987

    Philip Leder

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award · Harvard Medical School

64. 1986

    Elias James Corey

    Wolf Prize — Chemistry

65. 1986

    Dudley R. Herschbach

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry

66. 1986

    Myron Essex

    Lasker Award — Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award · Harvard School of Public Health

67. 1986

    David Turnbull

    Japan Prize — Materials Science and Technology

68. 1985

    Mark Ptashne

    Canada Gairdner International Award

69. 1982

    Raymond L. Erikson

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

70. 1981

    Oscar Zariski

    Wolf Prize — Mathematics

71. 1981

    Lars Ahlfors

    Wolf Prize — Mathematics

72. 1981

    Nicolaas Bloembergen

    Nobel Prize — Physics

73. 1981

    Torsten N. Wiesel

    Nobel Prize — Medicine · Harvard Medical School

74. 1981

    David H. Hubel

    Nobel Prize — Medicine · Harvard Medical School

75. 1980

    Baruj Benacerraf

    Nobel Prize — Medicine · Harvard Medical School

76. 1980

    Walter Gilbert

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry · Biological Laboratories

77. 1979

    Steven Weinberg

    Nobel Prize — Physics

78. 1979

    Sheldon Lee Glashow

    Nobel Prize — Physics · Lyman Laboratory

79. 1979

    Walter Gilbert

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

80. 1979

    Walter Gilbert

    Canada Gairdner International Award

81. 1979

    George F. Cahill Jr.

    Canada Gairdner International Award

82. 1977

    John Hasbrouck van Vleck

    Nobel Prize — Physics

83. 1977

    K. Frank Austen

    Canada Gairdner International Award

84. 1976

    William N. Lipscomb

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry

85. 1976

    Eugene P. Kennedy

    Canada Gairdner International Award

86. 1974

    David Mumford

    Fields Medal

87. 1973

    Paul M. Zoll

    Lasker Award — Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award · Harvard Medical School

88. 1970

    Heisuke Hironaka

    Fields Medal

89. 1969

    John P. Merrill

    Canada Gairdner International Award

90. 1967

    George Wald

    Nobel Prize — Medicine

91. 1965

    Julian Schwinger

    Nobel Prize — Physics

92. 1965

    Robert Burns Woodward

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry

93. 1964

    Konrad Bloch

    Nobel Prize — Medicine

94. 1964

    Keith R. Porter

    Canada Gairdner International Award

95. 1962

    James Dewey Watson

    Nobel Prize — Medicine

96. 1962

    Albert Coons

    Canada Gairdner International Award

97. 1961

    Georg von Békésy

    Nobel Prize — Medicine

98. 1960

    James Dewey Watson

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

99. 1954

    John Franklin Enders

    Nobel Prize — Medicine · Harvard Medical School

100. 1954

     Robert E. Gross

     Lasker Award — Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award · Harvard Medical School

101. 1954

     John Franklin Enders

     Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award · Harvard Medical School

102. 1953

     Fritz Albert Lipmann

     Nobel Prize — Medicine · Harvard Medical School

103. 1953

     George Wald

     Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

104. 1952

     Edward Mills Purcell

     Nobel Prize — Physics

105. 1951

     William G. Lennox

     Lasker Award — Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award · Harvard Medical School

106. 1947

     Alice Hamilton

     Lasker Award — Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award · Harvard School of Public Health

107. 1946

     Percy Williams Bridgman

     Nobel Prize — Physics

108. 1936

     Lars Ahlfors

     Fields Medal

109. 1934

     William Parry Murphy

     Nobel Prize — Medicine

110. 1934

     George Richards Minot

     Nobel Prize — Medicine

111. 1914

     Theodore William Richards

     Nobel Prize — Chemistry