Dozens of NIH-supported scientists from around the world have received Nobel Prizes for their groundbreaking achievements in Physiology or Medicine; Chemistry; Physics; and Economic Sciences. To date, 160 NIH supported researchers have been sole or shared recipients of 94 Nobel Prizes. Among these are individuals who have served as NIH staff scientists.

Laureates Field Year Supporting NIH Institute(s) 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 2019 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 2019 NCI, NHLBI, NIDDK, NIDCR, 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 2018 NCI, NIAID, NIGMS, NIMH James P. Allison, Ph.D., U.S.A. (Shared with Tasuku Honjo, M.D., Ph.D., Japan) Physiology or Medicine 2018 NCI, NIAID Joachim Frank, Ph.D., U.S.A. (Shared with Jacques Dubochet, Ph.D., Switzerland, and Richard Henderson, Ph.D., U.K.) Chemistry 2017 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 2017 NIGMS, NINDS, NIA, NIDA, NHLBI Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, U.S.A. (Shared with Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Ph.D., France and Bernard L. Feringa, Ph.D., Netherlands) Chemistry 2016 NCI Angus Deaton, U.S.A. Economic Sciences 2015 NIA Paul Modrich, U.S.A., and Aziz Sancar, U.S.A. (shared with Tomas Lindahl, U.K.) Chemistry 2015 NHGRI William E. Moerner, U.S.A. (shared with E. Betzig, U.S.A. and S.W. Hell, Germany) Chemistry 2014 NIGMS, NHGRI, NCRR Martin Karplus, U.S.A. & France, Michael Levitt, U.S.A., and Arieh Warshel, U.S.A. Chemistry 2013 NEI, NIGMS, NCI James E. Rothman, U.S.A., Randy W. Schekman, U.S.A., and Thomas C. Südhof, U.S.A. Physiology or Medicine 2013 NIGMS, NIAMS, NIDDK, NCI, NHGRI, NIMH, NINDS, NHLBI Robert J. Lefkowitz, U.S.A., and Brian K. Kobilka, U.S.A. Chemistry 2012 NHLBI, NINDS, NIGMS, NIDA Bruce A. Beutler, U.S.A., Jules A. Hoffmann, U.S.A., and Ralph M. Steinman, U.S.A. Physiology or Medicine 2011 NIAID, NIDDK, NIGMS, NCI Ei-ichi Negishi, U.S.A. (shared with R. F. Heck, U.S.A. and A. Suzuki, Japan) Chemistry 2010 NIGMS Thomas A. Steitz, U.S.A., Ada E. Yonath, Israel, and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, U.K. Chemistry 2009 NIGMS, NIAID, NCRR Elizabeth H. Blackburn, U.S.A., Carol W. Greider, U.S.A., and Jack W. Szostak, U.S.A. Physiology or Medicine 2009 NIGMS, NCI, NIDCR, NIA Martin Chalfie, U.S.A., Roger Y. Tsien, U.S.A., and Osamu Shimomura, U.S.A. Chemistry 2008 NIGMS, NINDS, NIAID, NIA, NEI Mario R. Capecchi, U.S.A., and Oliver Smithies, U.S.A. (shared with M. J. Evans, U.K.) Physiology or Medicine 2007 NIGMS, NHLBI, NIDDK, NCI, NICHD Roger D. Kornberg, U.S.A. Chemistry 2006 NIGMS, NIAID, NCI Andrew Z. Fire, U.S.A., and Craig C. Mello, U.S.A. Physiology or Medicine 2006 NIGMS, NICHD Robert H. Grubbs, U.S.A., and Richard R. Schrock, U.S.A. (shared with Y. Chauvin, France) Chemistry 2005 NIGMS Richard Axel, U.S.A., and Linda B. Buck, U.S.A. Physiology or Medicine 2004 NIDCD, NCI, NIAID, NIMH, NINDS, NIDDK Irwin A. Rose, U.S.A., and Avram Hershko, Israel (shared with A. Ciechanover, Israel) Chemistry 2004 NIAMS, NCI, NIAAA, NIGMS, NIDDK Roderick MacKinnon, U.S.A., and Peter Agre, U.S.A. Chemistry 2003 NHLBI, NEI, NIAAA, NIGMS, NCRR, NINDS, NIDDK Paul C. Lauterbur, U.S.A. (shared with P. Mansfield, U.K.) Physiology or Medicine 2003 NCRR, NCI, NHLBI, NIGMS, NIMH John B. Fenn, U.S.A. (shared with K. Tanaka, Japan and K. Wüthrich, Switzerland) Chemistry 2002 NIGMS H. Robert Horvitz, U.S.A. (shared with S. Brenner, U.S.A. and J.E. Sulston, U.K.) Physiology or Medicine 2002 NIGMS, NCI, NICHD Leland H. Hartwell, U.S.A. (shared with P.M. Nurse and R.T. Hunt, U.K.) Physiology or Medicine 2001 NIGMS, NCI, NCRR K. Barry Sharpless, U.S.A. (shared with W.S. Knowles, U.S.A. and R. Noyori, Japan) Chemistry 2001 NIGMS, NHLBI Paul Greengard, U.S.A., and Eric R. Kandel, U.S.A. (shared with A. Carlsson, Sweden) Physiology or Medicine 2000 NIMH, NIA, NIDA, NIGMS, NINDS, NIAAA, NHLBI, NIAMS, NCRR James J. Heckman, U.S.A. and Daniel L. McFadden Economic Sciences 2000 NIA, NICHD, NIMH Günter Blobel, U.S.A. Physiology or Medicine 1999 NIGMS, NCI Robert Furchgott, U.S.A., Louis Ignarro, U.S.A., and Ferid Murad, U.S.A. Physiology or Medicine 1998 NIAMS, NICHD, NIDDK, NIGMS, NHLBI, NINDS Paul D. Boyer, U.S.A. and Jens C. Skou, Denmark Chemistry 1997 NIGMS, NIDDK, NINDS Stanley B. Prusiner, U.S.A. Physiology or Medicine 1997 NINDS, NIA, NCRR, NIGMS Peter C. Doherty, U.S.A., and Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Switzerland Physiology or Medicine 1996 NIAID Edward B. Lewis, U.S.A., and Eric F. Wieschaus, U.S.A. (shared with C. Nusslein-Volhard, Germany) Physiology or Medicine 1995 NICHD, NIGMS Alfred G. Gilman, U.S.A., and Martin Rodbell, U.S.A. Physiology or Medicine 1994 NIEHS, NIDDK, NIGMS, NINDS George A. Olah, U.S.A. Chemistry 1994 NCI, NIGMS Phillip A. Sharp, U.S.A., and Richard Roberts, U.K. Physiology or Medicine 1993 NIGMS, NCI, NIAID, NCRR, NLM, NCHGR Robert W. Fogel, Ph.D. Economic Sciences 1993 NIA Kary B. Mullis, U.S.A., and Michael Smith, Canada Chemistry 1993 NHBLI, NIAID, NIGMS Edwin G. Krebs, U.S.A., and Edmond H. Fischer, U.S.A. Physiology or Medicine 1992 NIDDK, NIGMS, NIAMS Gary Becker, U.S.A. Economics 1992 NICHD Elias J. Corey, U.S.A. Chemistry 1990 NIGMS, NCRR, NCI, NHLBI, NIAID E. Donnall Thomas, U.S.A., and Joseph E. Murray, U.S.A. Physiology or Medicine 1990 NIAID, NCI, NHLBI, NIAID, NIDDK Sidney Altman, U.S.A., and Thomas Cech, U.S.A. Chemistry 1989 NCI, NIGMS, NICHD J. Michael Bishop, U.S.A, and Harold E. Varmus, U.S.A. Physiology or Medicine 1989 NCI, NIAID Susumu Tonegawa, Japan Physiology or Medicine 1987 NIAID Donald J. Cram, U.S.A. (shared with C.J. Pedersen, U.S.A., and J.-M Lehn, France) Chemistry 1987 NIGMS Stanley Cohen, U.S.A., and Rita Levi-Montalcini, U.S.A./Italy Physiology or Medicine 1986 NICHD, NIGMS, NIMH, NINDS Herbert A. Hauptman, U.S.A. (shared with J. Karle, U.S.A.) Chemistry 1985 NIGMS, NIADDK, NHLBI, DRR Michael S. Brown, U.S.A., and Joseph L. Goldstein, U.S.A. Physiology or Medicine 1985 NHLBI, NIGMS, DRR R. Bruce Merrifield, U.S.A. Chemistry 1984 NIDDK Henry Taube, U.S.A. Chemistry 1983 NIGMS Sune Bergstrom, Sweden, and John R. Vane, U.K. (shared with B. Samuelsson, Sweden) Physiology or Medicine 1982 NHLBI, NLM, NICHD, DRG, NIGMS, NIMH Aaron Klug, U.K. Chemistry 1982 NIAID Roald Hoffmann, U.S.A. (shared with K. Fukui, Japan) Chemistry 1981 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 1981 NEI, NIGMS, NINDS, DRR Paul Berg, U.S.A., and Walter Gilbert, U.S.A. (shared with F. Sanger, U.K.) Chemistry 1980 NIGMS, NCI, NIDDK Baruj Benacerraf, U.S.A., George D. Snell, U.S.A., and Jean Dausset, France Physiology or Medicine 1980 NIAID, NCI Herbert C. Brown, U.S.A. (shared with G. Wittig, W. Germany) Chemistry 1979 NIGMS Hamilton O. Smith, U.S.A., and Daniel Nathans, U.S.A. (shared with W. Arber, Switzerland) Physiology or Medicine 1978 NIGMS, NIAID, NCI 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 1977 NIDDK, NICHD, DRR, NIGMS D. Carleton Gajdusek, U.S.A., and Baruch S. Blumberg, U.S.A. Physiology or Medicine 1976 NINDS, NHLBI, NCI William N. Lipscomb, U.S.A Chemistry 1976 NIGMS, DRG David Baltimore, U.S.A., Renato Dulbecco, U.S.A., and Howard M. Temin, U.S.A. Physiology or Medicine 1975 NIAID, NCI Albert Claude, Belgium, George E. Palade, U.S.A., and Christian de Duve, Belgium Physiology or Medicine 1974 NCI, NHLBI, NICHD, NIGMS, NHLBI, NIA Gerald M. Edelman, U.S.A. and Rodney R. Porter, U.K. Physiology or Medicine 1972 NIAID, NIDDK, NIAID, NICHD Christian B. Anfinsen, U.S.A., Stanford Moore, U.S.A., and William H. Stein, U.S.A. Chemistry 1972 NHLBI, NIDDK, NIGMS, NINDS Earl W. Sutherland, Jr., U.S.A Physiology or Medicine 1971 NIGMS, NHLBI, NIDDK Julius Axelrod, U.S.A., and Ulf von Euler, Sweden (shared with B. Katz, U.K.) Physiology or Medicine 1970 NHLBI, NIMH, NINDS Luis Leloir, Argentina Chemistry 1970 NIGMS, NIAID Max Delbruck, U.S.A., Alfred D. Hershey, U.S.A., and Salvador Luria, U.S.A. Physiology or Medicine 1969 NIAID, NIGMS, NCI, NICHD Robert W. Holley, U.S.A., H. Gobind Khorana, U.S.A., and Marshall W. Nirenberg, U.S.A. Physiology or Medicine 1968 NIGMS, NCI, NIAID, NHLBI Lars Onsager, U.S.A. Chemistry 1968 NIGMS Haldan K. Hartline, U.S.A., and George Wald, U.S.A. (shared with R. Granit, Sweden) Physiology or Medicine 1967 NINDS, NEI Charles B. Huggins, U.S.A. (shared with P. Rous, U.S.A.) Physiology or Medicine 1966 NCI, NIDDK, NIGMS Jacques L. Monod, France (shared with F. Jacob and A. Lwoff, France) Physiology or Medicine 1965 NIAID Robert B. Woodward, U.S.A. Chemistry 1965 NIGMS, NHLBI, DRG, NIDDK Konrad Bloch, U.S.A. (shared with F. Lynen, Germany) Physiology or Medicine 1964 NIGMS, NHLBI, DRG James D. Watson, U.S.A. (shared with F. H. C. Crick and M. H. F. Wilkins, U.K.) Physiology or Medicine 1962 NIGMS, NIDDK, NCI, DRR, NIAID John C. Kendrew, U.K. (shared with M. F. Perutz, U.K.) Chemistry 1962 NIDDK Melvin Calvin, U.S.A. Chemistry 1961 DRG, NCI Peter B. Medawar, U.K. (shared with F. M. Burnet, Australia) Physiology or Medicine 1960 NIAID Arthur Kornberg, U.S.A., and Severo Ochoa, U.S.A. Physiology or Medicine 1959 NIGMS, NIAID, NCI, NIDDK, NIA, DRG George W. Beadle, U.S.A., Joshua Lederberg, U.S.A., and Edward L. Tatum, U.S.A. Physiology or Medicine 1958 NIGMS, NHLBI, NIAID, NINDS, NICHD, DRR, NCI Dickinson W. Richards, Jr., U.S.A. (shared with A. Cournand, U.S.A., and W. Forssmann, Germany) Physiology or Medicine 1956 NIDDK, NCI, NHLBI, NIGMS Vincent du Vigneaud, U.S.A. Chemistry 1955 NHLBI, NCI, NIGMS, DRG Thomas H. Weller, U.S.A. (shared with J. F. Enders and F. C. Robbins, U.S.A.) Physiology or Medicine 1954 NIAID, NIGMS Linus C. Pauling, U.S.A. Chemistry 1954 NIGMS, NHLBI, DRG, NIAID, NCI Fritz A. Lipmann, U.S.A. (shared with H. A. Krebs, U.K.) Physiology or Medicine 1953 NIGMS, NCI Philip S. Hench, U.S.A. (shared with E. C. Kendall, U.S.A., and T. Reichstein, Switzerland) Physiology or Medicine 1950 NIGMS E. O. Lawrence, U.S.A. Physics 1939 NCI