| Award and Name |
Department |
Year of Award |
| Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences award, in the category of Comparative Literature and Literary Translation |
| Nabil Matar |
English |
2017 |
| Royal Society of London |
| David Tilman |
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior |
2017 |
| Royal Society of Canada |
| Zhi-Quan Luo |
Physics & Astronomy |
2014 |
| Honorary Doctor, Research Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences |
| P. Patrick Cleary |
Microbiology & Immunology |
2013 |
| Officer of the Legion of Honor, France |
| Charles Fairhurst |
Civil Engineering |
2013 |
| Corresponding Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| Gary B. Cohen |
History |
2011 |
| Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences |
| Tryphon Georgiou |
Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2011 |
| Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters |
| Douglas N. Arnold |
Mathematics |
2009 |
| Corresponding Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| Helga Leitner |
Geography |
2007 |
| Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| A. Saari Csallany |
Food Science & Nutrition |
2007 |
| International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science |
| Donald G. Truhlar |
Chemistry |
2006 |
| Royal Academy of History, Spain |
| Carla Rahn Phillips |
History |
2005 |
| William D. Phillips |
History |
2005 |
| Academy of Athens |
| Apostolos Georgopoulos |
Neuroscience |
2005 |
| European Academy of Sciences |
| Efi Foufoula-Georgiou |
Civil Engineering |
2003 |
| Polish Academy of Sciences |
| E. Bruce Lee |
Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2000 |
| Royal Academy of Engineering, United Kingdom |
| Richard J. Goldstein |
Mechanical Engineering |
1999 |
| Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences |
| Avner Friedman |
Mathematics |
1998 |
| Royal Society of Sciences at Uppsala (Sweden) |
| Dennis Hejhal |
Mathematics |
1997 |
| Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan |
| Iraj Bashiri |
Slavic & Central Asian Languages & Literature |
1997 |
| Finnish Academy of Sciences |
| James Serrin |
Mathematics |
1995 |
| National Academy of Engineering of Mexico |
| Richard J. Goldstein |
Mechanical Engineering |
1991 |
| Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters |
| Edgar Reich |
Mathematics |
1980 |
| Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences |
| Charles Fairhurst |
Civil Engineering |
1979 |