National Medal of Science

• Katherine Esau, professor of botany – 1989
• G. Ledyard Stebbins, professor of genetics – 1979

Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering / Presidential Faculty Fellowship / Presidential Investigator Award

• Stephanie R. Dungan, professor of food science and technology, and of chemical engineering and materials sciences
• Valerie Eviner, professor of plant sciences – 2008
• Kathryn L. McCarthy, professor of food science and technology, and biological and agricultural engineering
• Michael J. McCarthy, professor of food science and technology, and biological and agricultural engineering
• Zhongli Pan, adjunct professor of biological and agricultural engineering – 2008
• Jay A. Rosenheim, professor of entomology
• Jeffrey S. Ross-Ibarra, professor of plant sciences – 2010