The Natural Sciences Foundation Advisory Council funds these student-nominated and -selected awards and presents them at the annual Natural Sciences Council Honors Brunch.
| Teaching | Advising | |
|---|---|---|
| 1980-81 | Melvin E. L. Oakes | |
| 1981-82 | Walter K. Long | |
| 1982-83 | Jeanne M. Lagowski | |
| (began giving two awards - one for teaching, one for advising) | ||
| 1983-84 | Alan H. Cowley | Simon Bernau |
| 1984-85 | Raymond E. Davis | Christopher A. Sneden |
| 1985-86 | Connie W. Bales | Denis A. Kohl |
| 1986-87 | Frank N. Bash | Leodocia M. Pope |
| 1987-88 | Alan Campion | Dennis T. Brown |
| 1988-89 | Stephen J. McAdam | Jean T. Sutherland |
| 1989-90 | Maureen M. Grasso | James K. Skipper |
| (hired professional advising staff who became eligible for advising awards) | ||
| 1990-91 | Daniel S. Barker | Dan J. Knauft |
| 1991-92 | Jonathan L. Sessler | Michael W. Raney |
| 1992-93 | Brent L. Iverson | Richard A. Mattingly |
| 1993-94 | J. David Gavenda | Charleene A. Dison |
| 1994-95 | Eric Anslyn | L. Katy Nelson |
| 1995-96 | Ruth Buskirk | Susan H. Gamel |
| 1996-97 | Judith Edmiston | (no advising awardee) |
| 1997-98 | William T. Guy | Debra Gonzalez |
| 1998-99 | Ruth Shear | Chris Johnson |
| 1999-00 | Nan Hampton | Diane Larson |
| 2000-01 | Kimberly Kline | Dan Knauft |
| 2002 | Katherine Southworth | Melissa Dodson |
| 2003 | Jack Gilbert | Kathy Goodwin |
| 2004 | David Hall | John Theofanis |
| 2005 | Michael Scott | Karen Polacheck |
| 2006 | Glenn Downing | Dawn Jones-Garcia |
| 2007 | Nancy Prideaux | Judith Quinney |
| 2008 | Katherine Willets | Rhonda Hall |
| 2009 | James Mauseth | Lesley Riley |
| 2010 | George Shubeita | Jennifer Martinson |
| 2011 | John F. Stanton | Douglas M. Roberts |
| 2014 | Sean Roberts | Jaclyn Nguyen |
| 2017 | Michael Mauk | Rob Poyner |
| 2018 | Steven Finkelstein | Mark Hemenway |
| 2019 | Jessie Zhang | Anna Glendening |
