Awards & Winners

2003 National Medal of Science

Check winners and nominations of 2003 National Medal of Science. Check awards winners of 2003 National Medal of Science. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences

J. Michael Bishop

(For his discovery that the genes that determine the cancer-causing potential of certain viruses are counterparts of and derived from essential cellular genes, and that derangement of these cellular genes can lead to growth aberrations and cancer.)
National Medal of Science for Physical Science

Brent Dalrymple

(For his pioneering work in determining the geomagnetic polarity reversal timescale; a discovery that led to the theory of plate tectonics.)
National Medal of Science for Mathematics and Computer Science

Carl R. de Boor

(For his fundamental contriutions to mathematics that strongly assisted numerical computation in science and engineering.)
National Medal of Science for Physical Science

Riccardo Giacconi

(For his pioneering research in X-ray astronomy and for his leadership of major astronomy facilities.)
National Medal of Science for Behavioral and Social Science

R. Duncan Luce

(For his half century of avances in economics, psychology, and sociology based on mathematical modeling of behavior.)
National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences

Solomon H. Snyder

(For his major contributions to the understanding of neurotransmitters, their receptors in the nervous system, mechanisms of action of psychoactive drugs, and pathways of signal transduction in the brain.)
National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences

Charles Yanofsky

(For his fundamental contributions to our understanding of how genetic messages are read and translated into proteins, including important mechanisms of RNA-based gene regulation.)
National Medal of Science for Engineering

John Prausnitz

(For his development of engineering-oriented molecular thermodynamics, which provides a scientific method for the design, construction, and operation of chemical manufacturing plants toward economic efficiency, safety, minimum energy consumption, and environmental protection.)