The Frontiers of Science symposium series was created as the first program of the National Academy of Sciences targeted specifically for early career scientists. Frontiers was designed to bridge the ...

The US-UK Scientific Forum was established in 2008 to help the scientific leadership of the United Kingdom and the United States forge an enduring and productive partnership on pressing topics of ...

The memorial to Albert Einstein, situated in an elm and holly grove in the southwest corner of the Academy grounds, was unveiled at the Academy's annual meeting, April 22, 1979, in honor of the ...

Marcia McNutt is a geophysicist and president of the National Academy of Sciences. From 2013 to 2016, she served as editor-in-chief of the Science journals. Prior to joining Science, she was director ...

The Chinese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia are sponsored by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Major support is provided by the Kavli Foundation, ...

Planning Group Members: Sarah King, University of Chicago, Akinobu Nakada, Kyoto University and Anna Schenk, University of Bayreuth INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Gabriela Schlau-Cohen, Massachusetts Institute ...

Join the Embassy of Sweden and the National Academy of Sciences for the 2024 Nobel Prize Symposium. The event is a unique opportunity to hear from four of this year’s U.S.-based Nobel Prize Laureates ...

The NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences recognizes research by a mid-career scientist (defined as up to 20 years since completion of PhD) at a U.S. institution who has made an extraordinary ...

The James Prize in Science and Technology Integration honors outstanding contributions made by researchers who are able to adopt or adapt information or techniques from outside their fields, and thus ...

The NAS Award in Molecular Biology is supported by Pfizer Inc. and recognizes a recent notable discovery by a young scientist (no older than 50) who is a citizen of the United States. The award is ...

The NAS Award in Chemical Sciences is presented annually to honor innovative research in the chemical sciences that contributes to a better understanding of the natural sciences and to the benefit of ...

NAS vice president Diane Griffin died unexpectedly on Monday, October 28 at age 84 in Baltimore, where she was a University Distinguished Service Professor, Gilman Scholar, and chair emeritus of the W ...