Hundreds of scientists from around the world have received Nobel Prizes for their groundbreaking achievements in Physiology or Medicine; Chemistry; Physics; and Economic Sciences. To date, 174 scientists either at NIH or whose research is supported by NIH funds have been the sole or shared recipients of 104 Nobel Prizes. Asterisk (*) indicates individuals who have served as NIH staff scientists.
David Baker, Ph.D., U.S.A.
(
Shared with Demmis Hassabis, Ph.D., U.K. and John M. Jumper, Ph.D., U.S.A.
)
Chemistry
NCI, NIA, NIAID, NIGMS, FIC, OD
Victor R. Ambros Ph.D., U.S.A
and
Gary B. Ruvkun Ph.D., U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NIGMS, NCI, NIA, NIDDK
Katalin Karikó, Ph.D., U.S.A.
and
Drew Weissman, M.D., Ph.D., U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NHLBI, NIAID, NIDCR, NINDS
Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Ph.D., U.S.A.
and
K. Barry Sharpless, Ph.D., U.S.A.
(
Shared with Morten Meldal, Ph.D., Denmark
)
Chemistry
NCI, NIAID, NIGMS
David Card, Ph.D., U.S.A.
and
Joshua D. Angrist, Ph.D., U.S.A.
(
Shared with Guido W. Imbens, Ph.D., U.S.A.
)
Economic Sciences
NIA, NICHD
David W.C. MacMillan, Ph.D., U.S.A.
(
Shared with Benjamin List, Ph.D., Germany
)
Chemistry
NIGMS
David Julius, Ph.D., U.S.A.
and
Ardem Patapoutian, Ph.D., U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NHLBI, NIDCR, NINDS, NIGMS
Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D., U.S.A.
(
Shared with Emmanuelle Charpentier, Ph.D, Germany)
Chemistry
NHGRI, NIAID, NIGMS
*
Harvey J. Alter
, M.D., U.S.A.,
and
Charles M. Rice, Ph.D., U.S.A.
(
Shared with Michael Houghton, Ph.D., Canada)
Physiology or Medicine
CC, NIAID
Esther Duflo, Ph.D., U.S.A.,
and
Michael Kremer, Ph.D. U.S.A.
(
Shared with Abhijit Banerjee, Ph.D., U.S.A)
Economic Sciences
NIA, NICHD
Gregg L. Semenza, M.D., Ph.D., U.S.A.,
and
William G. Kaelin Jr., M.D. U.S.A.
(
Shared with Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe, M.D., U.K.)
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NHLBI, NIDCR, NIDDK, NIGMS
Frances H. Arnold, Ph.D., U.S.A.,
and
George P. Smith, Ph.D., U.S.A.
(Shared with Gregory P. Winter, Ph.D., U.K.)
Chemistry
NCI, NIAID, NIGMS, NIMH
James P. Allison, Ph.D., U.S.A.
(Shared with Tasuku Honjo, M.D., Ph.D., Japan)
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NIAID
Joachim Frank, Ph.D., U.S.A.
(Shared with Jacques Dubochet, Ph.D., Switzerland, and Richard Henderson, Ph.D., U.K.)
Chemistry
NIGMS
Jeffrey C. Hall, Ph.D., U.S.A, Michael Rosbash, Ph.D., U.S.A.
, and
Michael W. Young, Ph.D., U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NHLBI, NIA, NIDA, NIGMS, NINDS,
Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, U.S.A.
(Shared with Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Ph.D., France and Bernard L. Feringa, Ph.D., Netherlands)
Chemistry
Angus Deaton, U.S.A.
Economic Sciences
Paul Modrich, U.S.A.,
and
Aziz Sancar, U.S.A.
(shared with Tomas Lindahl, U.K.)
Chemistry
NCI, NIEHS, NIGMS
William E. Moerner, U.S.A.
(shared with E. Betzig, U.S.A. and S.W. Hell, Germany)
Chemistry
NCRR,NHGRI, NIGMS,
Martin Karplus, U.S.A. & France,
Michael Levitt, U.S.A.,
and
Arieh Warshel, U.S.A.
Chemistry
NCI, NEI, NIGMS
James E. Rothman, U.S.A., Randy W. Schekman, U.S.A.,
and
Thomas C. Südhof, U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NHGRI, NHLBI, NIAMS, NIDDK, NIGMS, NIMH, NINDS
Robert J. Lefkowitz, U.S.A.,
and
Brian K. Kobilka, U.S.A.
Chemistry
NHLBI, NIDA, NIGMS, NINDS
Bruce A. Beutler, U.S.A., Jules A. Hoffmann, U.S.A.,
and
Ralph M. Steinman, U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NIAID, NIDDK, NIGMS
Ei-ichi Negishi, U.S.A.
(shared with R. F. Heck, U.S.A. and A. Suzuki, Japan)
Chemistry
NIGMS
Thomas A. Steitz, U.S.A., Ada E. Yonath, Israel,
and
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, U.K.
Chemistry
NCRR, NIAID, NIGMS
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, U.S.A., Carol W. Greider, U.S.A.,
and
Jack W. Szostak, U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NIA, NIDCR, NIGMS,
Martin Chalfie, U.S.A., Roger Y. Tsien, U.S.A.,
and
Osamu Shimomura, U.S.A.
Chemistry
NIA, NEI, NIAID, NIGMS, NINDS
Mario R. Capecchi, U.S.A.,
and
Oliver Smithies, U.S.A.
(shared with M. J. Evans, U.K.)
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NHLBI, NICHD, NIDDK, NIGMS
Roger D. Kornberg, U.S.A.
Chemistry
NCI, NIAID, NIGMS
Andrew Z. Fire, U.S.A.,
and
Craig C. Mello, U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NICHD, NIGMS
Robert H. Grubbs, U.S.A.,
and
Richard R. Schrock, U.S.A.
(shared with Y. Chauvin, France)
Chemistry
NIGMS
Richard Axel, U.S.A.,
and
Linda B. Buck, U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NIAID, NIDCD, NIDDK, NIMH, NINDS
Irwin A. Rose, U.S.A.,
and
Avram Hershko, Israel
(shared with A. Ciechanover, Israel)
Chemistry
NCI, NIAAA, NIAMS, NIDDK, NIGMS
Roderick MacKinnon, U.S.A.,
and
Peter Agre, U.S.A.
Chemistry
NCRR,NEI, NHLBI, NIAAA, NIDDK, NIGMS, NINDS
Paul C. Lauterbur, U.S.A
.
(shared with P. Mansfield, U.K.)
Physiology or Medicine
NCRR, NCI, NHLBI, NIGMS, NIMH
John B. Fenn, U.S.A.
(shared with K. Tanaka, Japan and K. Wüthrich, Switzerland)
Chemistry
NIGMS
H. Robert Horvitz, U.S.A.
(shared with S. Brenner, U.S.A. and J.E. Sulston, U.K.)
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NICHD, NIGMS
Leland H. Hartwell, U.S.A.
(shared with P.M. Nurse and R.T. Hunt, U.K.)
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NCRR, NIGMS
K. Barry Sharpless, U.S.A.
(shared with W.S. Knowles, U.S.A. and R. Noyori, Japan)
Chemistry
NHLBI, NIGMS
Paul Greengard, U.S.A.,
and
Eric R. Kandel, U.S.A.
(shared with A. Carlsson, Sweden)
Physiology or Medicine
NCRR, NHLBI, NIA, NIAAA, NIAMS, NIDA, NIGMS, NIMH, NINDS
James J. Heckman, U.S.A.
and
Daniel L. McFadden
Economic Sciences
NIA, NICHD, NIMH
Günter Blobel, U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NIGMS
Robert Furchgott, U.S.A., Louis Ignarro, U.S.A.,
and
Ferid Murad, U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NHLBI, NIAMS, NICHD, NIDDK, NIGMS, NINDS
Paul D. Boyer, U.S.A.
and
Jens C. Skou, Denmark
Chemistry
NIDDK, NIGMS, NINDS
Stanley B. Prusiner, U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NCRR, NIA, NIGMS, NINDS
Peter C. Doherty, U.S.A.,
and
Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Switzerland
Physiology or Medicine
NIAID
Edward B. Lewis, U.S.A.,
and
Eric F. Wieschaus, U.S.A.
(shared with C. Nusslein-Volhard, Germany)
Physiology or Medicine
NICHD, NIGMS
Alfred G. Gilman, U.S.A.,
and *
Martin Rodbell
, U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NIEHS, NIDDK, NIGMS, NINDS
George A. Olah, U.S.A.
Chemistry
NCI, NIGMS
Phillip A. Sharp, U.S.A.,
and
Richard Roberts, U.K.
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NCRR, NHGRI, NIAID, NIGMS, NLM
Robert W. Fogel, Ph.D.
Economic Sciences
Kary B. Mullis, U.S.A.,
and
Michael Smith, Canada
Chemistry
NHBLI, NIAID, NIGMS
Edwin G. Krebs, U.S.A.,
and
Edmond H. Fischer, U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NIAMS, NIDDK, NIGMS
Gary Becker, U.S.A.
Economic Sciences
NICHD
Elias J. Corey, U.S.A.
Chemistry
NCI, NCRR, NHLBI, NIAID, NIGMS
E. Donnall Thomas, U.S.A.,
and
Joseph E. Murray, U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NHLBI, NIAID, NIDDK
Sidney Altman, U.S.A.,
and
Thomas Cech, U.S.A.
Chemistry
NCI, NICHD, NIGMS
J. Michael Bishop, U.S.A,
and
Harold E. Varmus, U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NIAID
Susumu Tonegawa, Japan
Physiology or Medicine
NIAID
Donald J. Cram, U.S.A.
(shared with C.J. Pedersen, U.S.A., and J.-M Lehn, France)
Chemistry
NIGMS
Stanley Cohen, U.S.A.,
and
Rita Levi-Montalcini, U.S.A./Italy
Physiology or Medicine
NICHD, NIGMS, NIMH, NINDS
Herbert A. Hauptman, U.S.A.
(shared with J. Karle, U.S.A.)
Chemistry
DRR, NIDDK, NHLBI, NIGMS
Michael S. Brown, U.S.A.,
and
Joseph L. Goldstein, U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
DRR, NHLBI, NIGMS
R. Bruce Merrifield, U.S.A.
Chemistry
NIDDK
Henry Taube, U.S.A.
Chemistry
NIGMS
Sune Bergstrom, Sweden,
and
John R. Vane, U.K.
(shared with B. Samuelsson, Sweden)
Physiology or Medicine
DRG, NHLBI, NICHD, NIGMS, NIMH, NLM
Aaron Klug, U.K.
Chemistry
NIAID
Roald Hoffmann, U.S.A.
(shared with K. Fukui, Japan)
Chemistry
NIGMS
David H. Hubel, U.S.A.,
and
Torsten N. Wiesel, U.S.A./Sweden
(shared with R. W. Sperry, U.S.A.)
Physiology or Medicine
DRR, NEI, NIGMS, NINDS
Paul Berg, U.S.A.,
and
Walter Gilbert, U.S.A.
(shared with F. Sanger, U.K.)
Chemistry
NCI, NIDDK, NIGMS
Baruj Benacerraf, U.S.A., George D. Snell, U.S.A.,
and
Jean Dausset, France
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NIAID
Herbert C. Brown, U.S.A.
(shared with G. Wittig, W. Germany)
Chemistry
NIGMS
Hamilton O. Smith, U.S.A.,
and
Daniel Nathans, U.S.A.
(shared with W. Arber, Switzerland)
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NIAID, NIGMS
Roger C. L. Guillemin, U.S.A.,
and
Andrew V. Schally, U.S.A.
(shared with R. S. Yalow, U.S.A.)
Physiology or Medicine
DRR, NICHD, NIDDK, NIGMS
*
D. Carleton Gajdusek
, U.S.A.,
and
Baruch S. Blumberg, U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NHLBI, NINDS,
William N. Lipscomb, U.S.A
Chemistry
DRG, NIGMS
David Baltimore, U.S.A., Renato Dulbecco, U.S.A.,
and
Howard M. Temin, U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NIAID
Albert Claude, Belgium, George E. Palade, U.S.A.,
and
Christian de Duve, Belgium
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NHLBI, NIA, NICHD, NIGMS
Gerald M. Edelman, U.S.A.
and
Rodney R. Porter, U.K.
Physiology or Medicine
NIAID, NICHD, NIDDK
*
Christian B. Anfinsen
, U.S.A., Stanford Moore, U.S.A.,
and
William H. Stein, U.S.A.
Chemistry
NHLBI, NIDDK, NIGMS, NINDS
Earl W. Sutherland, Jr., U.S.A
Physiology or Medicine
NHLBI, NIDDK, NIGMS
*
Julius Axelrod
, U.S.A.,
and
Ulf von Euler, Sweden
(shared with B. Katz, U.K.)
Physiology or Medicine
NHLBI, NIMH, NINDS
Luis Leloir, Argentina
Chemistry
NIAID, NIGMS
Max Delbruck, U.S.A., Alfred D. Hershey, U.S.A.,
and
Salvador Luria, U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NIAID, NICHD, NIGMS
Robert W. Holley, U.S.A., H. Gobind Khorana, U.S.A.,
and *
Marshall W. Nirenberg
, U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NHLBI, NIAID, NIGMS
Lars Onsager, U.S.A.
Chemistry
NIGMS
Haldan K. Hartline, U.S.A.,
and
George Wald, U.S.A.
(shared with R. Granit, Sweden)
Physiology or Medicine
NEI, NINDS
Charles B. Huggins, U.S.A.
(shared with P. Rous, U.S.A.)
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NIDDK, NIGMS
Jacques L. Monod, France
(shared with F. Jacob and A. Lwoff, France)
Physiology or Medicine
NIAID
Robert B. Woodward, U.S.A.
Chemistry
DRG, NHLBI, NIDDK, NIGMS
Konrad Bloch, U.S.A.
(shared with F. Lynen, Germany)
Physiology or Medicine
DRG, NHLBI, NIGMS
James D. Watson, U.S.A
.
(shared with F. H. C. Crick and M. H. F. Wilkins, U.K.)
Physiology or Medicine
DRR, NCI, NIAID, NIDDK, NIGMS
John C. Kendrew, U.K.
(shared with M. F. Perutz, U.K.)
Chemistry
NIDDK
Melvin Calvin, U.S.A.
Chemistry
DRG, NCI
Peter B. Medawar, U.K.
(shared with F. M. Burnet, Australia)
Physiology or Medicine
NIAID
Arthur Kornberg, U.S.A
., and
Severo Ochoa, U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
DRG, NCI, NIA, NIAID, NIDDK, NIGMS
George W. Beadle, U.S.A., Joshua Lederberg, U.S.A.,
and
Edward L. Tatum, U.S.A.
Physiology or Medicine
DRR, NCI, NHLBI, NIAID, NICHD, NIGMS, NINDS
Dickinson W. Richards, Jr., U.S.A.
(shared with A. Cournand, U.S.A., and W. Forssmann, Germany)
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NHLBI, NIDDK, NIGMS
Vincent du Vigneaud, U.S.A.
Chemistry
DRG, NCI, NHLBI, NIGMS
Thomas H. Weller, U.S.A.
(shared with J. F. Enders and F. C. Robbins, U.S.A.)
Physiology or Medicine
NIAID, NIGMS
Linus C. Pauling, U.S.A.
Chemistry
DRG, NCI, NHLBI, NIAID, NIGMS
Fritz A. Lipmann, U.S.A.
(shared with H. A. Krebs, U.K.)
Physiology or Medicine
NCI, NIGMS
Philip S. Hench, U.S.A
.
(shared with E. C. Kendall, U.S.A., and T. Reichstein, Switzerland)
Physiology or Medicine
NIGMS
E. O. Lawrence, U.S.A.
Physics