National Academy of Sciences

• 1863–1867 Alexander Dallas Bache
• 1868–1878 Joseph Henry
• 1879–1882 William Barton Rogers
• 1883–1895 Othniel Charles Marsh
• 1895–1900 Wolcott Gibbs
• 1901–1907 Alexander Agassiz
• 1907–1913 Ira Remsen
• 1913–1917 William Henry Welch
• 1917–1923 Charles Doolittle Walcott
• 1923–1927 Albert Abraham Michelson
• 1927–1931 Thomas Hunt Morgan
• 1931–1935 William Wallace Campbell
• 1935–1939 Frank Rattray Lillie
• 1939–1947 Frank Baldwin Jewett
• 1947–1950 Alfred Newton Richards
• 1950–1962 Detlev Wulf Bronk
• 1962–1969 Frederick Seitz
• 1969–1981 Philip Handler
• 1981–1993 Frank Press
• 1993–2005 Bruce Michael Alberts
• 2005–2016 Ralph J. Cicerone^[2]
• od 2016 Marcia McNutt^[3]

National Academy of Sciences rozdaje wiele nagród w różnych dziedzinach:

• Ogólne
  • John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science
  • NAS Award for Initiatives in Research
  • NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing
  • Public Welfare Medal

• Astronomia/Astrofizyka
  • Medal Henry’ego Drapera
  • J. Lawrence Smith Medal
  • Medal Jamesa Craiga Watsona

• Nauki społeczne
  • NAS Award for Behavior Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War
  • Troland Research Awards

• Biologia i Medycyna
  • Alexander Hollaender Award in Biophysics
  • Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal
  • Richard Lounsbery Award
  • NAS Award in Molecular Biology
  • NAS Award in the Neurosciences
  • Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal
  • Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology

• Chemia
  • NAS Award in Chemical Sciences
  • NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society

• Sozologia
  • Alexander Agassiz Medal
  • Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship
  • Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal
  • Mary Clark Thompson Medal
  • Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal
  • G. K. Warren Prize

• Inżynieria i Nauki stosowane
  • NAS Award in Aeronautical Engineering – aeronautical engineering
  • Gibbs Brothers Medal – naval architecture, marine engineering
  • NAS Award for the Industrial Application of Science

• Matematyka i Informatyka
  • NAS Award in Mathematics

• Fizyka
  • Arctowski Medal
  • Comstock Prize in Physics
  • Alexander Hollaender Award in Biophysics

• National Academy of Sciences. [dostęp 2010-12-21]. (ang.).