Each year CSSP confers its Award for Support of Science to honor an individual who merits recognition for dedicated support of U.S. science, including support of science and mathematics education, support of free scientific communication, and support of basic research. Recent winners of the CSSP award include:

1983 Don Fuqua, Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology 1984 Frank Press, President of the National Academy of Sciences 1985 George Keyworth, Science Advisor to the President 1986 Erich Bloch, Director of the National Science Foundation 1987 William Carey, Executive Officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 1988 Roland W. Schmitt, Chairman of the National Science Board 1989 C. Everett Koop, Surgeon-General of the United States 1990 Peter H. Raven, Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden 1991 George E. Brown, Jr., Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology 1992 D. Allan Bromley, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy 1993 Maxine Singer, President, Carnegie Foundation of Washington 1994 M.R.C. Greenwood, Associate Director for Science, Office of Science & Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President 1995 Philip H. Abelson, Editor-in-Chief (ret.), Science 1996 Mary Lowe Good, Undersecretary of Commerce 1997 Norman Augustine, CEO, Lockheed-Martin Co. 1998 F. Sherwood Rowland, Bren Professor, University California, Irvine 1999 Dudley R. Herschbach, Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science, Harvard University 2000 Bill Frist, Chair, Senate Science Caucus Neal Lane, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy 2001 Bruce Alberts, President, National Academy of Sciences 2002 Martin A. Apple, President, Council of Scientific Society Presidents 2004 Sherwood Boehlert, (R-NY), Chair, House Science Committee 2005 Donald Kennedy, Editor in Chief, Science 2006 Norman Borlaug, CIMMYT 2007 Arden Bement, Director, National Science Foundation  2008 Craig Barrett, Chairman, Intel Corporation  2009 Paula Dobriansky, Undersecretary (retired), State Department

Chemistry Nobelist F. Sherwood Rowland discusses atmospheric chemistry Chemistry Nobelist Dudley Herschbach discusses undergraduate research NAS President Bruce Alberts discusses science education issues Science Medalist Maxine Singer discusses science education PCAST member Norman Augustine describes good leadership