Friend of Darwin Awards | National Center for Science Education
NCSE's Friend of Darwin award is conferred annually to people (and occasionally organizations) whose efforts to support NCSE and advance its goals have been truly outstanding. Themost recent recipientsare. . .

NCSE's Friend of Darwin award is conferred annually to people (and occasionally organizations) whose efforts to support NCSE and advance its goals have been truly outstanding. Themost recent recipientsare Constance Bertka, Stephen Brusatte, and Laurie Lebo for 2026. Previous RecipientsTiffany AdrainBruce AlbertsBrian AltersPhilip ApplemanKen AtkinsJohn Banister-MarxEd BarberYves BarberoGary L. BennettMarshall BermanTim M. BerraRiley BlackEd BraytonDirk "Baba" BrinkmanAralene "Barrie" D. Callahan*Frederick B. Callahan*Sean CarrollRobert CashnerRob DillonFred EdwordsNiles EldredgeWesley R. ElsberrySusan EppersonMarjorie EsmanBeth Eveland*Joe FelsensteinDeborah Fenimore*Richard FirenzeFaye FlamLarry FlammerBarbara ForrestSteve GeyLee HartzStephen G. HarveyBrandon HaughtJohn F. HaughtLaura HelmuthDavid HillisKatie HindeHomo nalediresearch team led by Lee R. BergerVictor HutchisonM. Kim JohnsonKostas KampourakisRichard B. KatskeePhilip KitcherTammy Kitzmiller*Zack KopplinLawrence KraussJack KrebsJim KrupaAdam LaatsJay LabovEdward J. LarsonRichard E. LenskiLawrence S. LernerJoel Lieb*Jere LippsJonathan B. LososBetty McCollisterWilliam McComasKenneth R. MillerSteve MirskyRandy MooreRandolph M. NesseMohamed NoorRonald L. NumbersRobert T. PennockAndrew J. PettoDaniel J. PhelpsBriana PobinerPatricia PrincehouseDonald R. ProtheroBryan Rehm*Christy Rehm*Steve RissingEric RothschildThomas Charles SagerSteven SchafersmanJudy ScotchmoorNeil ShubinGerald SkoogJulie Smith*Cynthia Sneath*Frank SonleitnerAlan SpectorPaula SpenceRobert StephensSteven Stough*David E. ThomasJoe ThorntonRichard TrottHoward Van TillVanderbilt University's Evolutionary Studies InitiativeIra WaltersLacey WieserRonald WetheringtonWitold WalczakLisa D. WhiteJason R. WilesJoe WolfBertha VazquezCarl ZimmerMichael Zimmerman* – Plaintiff in Kitzmiller v. DoverThe People of KansasRavalli County (MT) Citizens for ScienceTexas Freedom Network