Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute)
- Alexandra Navrotsky, distinguished professor of chemical engineering and materials science, and land, air and water resources
Fulbright Senior Scholars
- Kent J. Bradford, professor of plant sciences – 1998
- Scott Carroll, professor of entomology – 2003
- Emanuel Epstein, professor of land, air and water resources – 1974
- Theodore C. Foin, professor of plant sciences – 2005
- Charles R. Goldman, distinguished professor of environmental science and policy – 1985
- Jeffrey Granett, professor of entomology – 1998
- Stephen R. Grattan, professor of land, air and water resources – 2007
- Subodh K. Jain, professor of agronomy and range science – 1994
- Lovell S. Jarvis, professor of agricultural and resource economics – 1991
- Warren E. Johnston, professor of agricultural and resource economics – 1976
- James T. Lapsley, adjunct professor of viticulture and enology – 2003
- Richard E. Plant, professor of plant sciences – 2003
- Carlos F. Quiros, professor of plant sciences – 1990
- Robert H. Rice, professor of environmental toxicology – 2000
- Pamela C. Ronald, professor of plant pathology – 2007
- Michael J. Singer, professor of land, air and water resources – 1980
- Venkatesan Sundaresan, professor of plant biology and plant sciences – 2008
- Frank G. Zalom, professor of entomology – 1992
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellows
- Michael G. Barbour, professor of plant sciences – 1977
- George E. Bruening, distinguished professor of plant pathology – 1974
- Stephen B. Brush, professor of human and community development – 2004
- Emanuel Epstein, professor of land, air and water resources – 1958
- Charles R. Goldman, distinguished professor of environmental science and policy – 1964
- Subodh K. Jain, professor of plant sciences – 1971
- Lawrence A. Rappaport, professor of vegetable crops – 1963
- Peter J. Richerson, distinguished professor of environmental science and policy – 1984
- Pamela C. Ronald, professor of plant pathology – 1999
- Aloys L. Tappel, professor of food science and technology – 1965
- Ursula K. Abbott, professor of animal science – 1960
- Hans Abplanalp, professor of avian sciences – 1959
- Robert W. Allard, professor of agronomy and range science – 1954, 1960
- Daniel I. Axelrod, professor of botany – 1952
- Ransom L. Baldwin, professor of animal science – 1968
- Richard M. Bohart, professor of entomology – 1960
- Herbert B. Currier, professor of botany – 1954, 1961
- Ernest M. Gifford, professor of botany – 1966
- Charles R. Grau, professor of avian sciences – 1960
- Fredric W. Hill, professor of nutrition – 1966
- Harold P. Olmo, professor of viticulture and enology
- Charles M. Rick Jr., professor of vegetable crops – 1950
- G. Ledyard Stebbins, professor of genetics – 1953, 1960
- John M. Tucker, professor of botany – 1955
- David R. Viglierchio, professor of nematology – 1964
- Grady L. Webster, professor of botany – 1964
- Shang-Fa Yang, professor of vegetable crops – 1982
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Scientists
- Jorge Dubcovsky, professor of plant science
USDA Honor Award
- Michael J. Delwiche, professor of biological and agricultural engineering – 2003
- Jorge Dubcovsky, professor of plant sciences – 2011
- David Neale, professor of plant sciences – 2011
- Judith S. Stern, professor of nutrition – 2004
USDA National Research Initiative, Discovery Award
- Jorge Dubcovsky, professor of plant sciences – 2007
- Pamela C. Ronald, professor of plant pathology – 2008