Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
(
1980
)
[10]
Nobelprisen i kjemi
(
1980
) (sammen med:
Walter Gilbert
,
Frederick Sanger
)
[11]
[12]
AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility (
1982
)
Gairdner Foundation International-prisen (
1980
)
National Medal of Science
(
1983
)
Max Delbruck Medal (
1999
)
ASCB Public Service Award (
2003
)
Biotechnology Heritage Award (
2005
)
Medlem av American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow
Utenlandsk medlem av Royal Society (
1992
)
[13]
American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (
2008
)
[14]
Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization