The Faculty Senate Council and the Chancellor have established the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award and the Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award.
The Compton Award is given to a distinguished member of the faculty from one of the six Danforth Campus Schools and the Cori Award to a faculty member from the School of Medicine.
Recipients of the Faculty Achievement Awards are selected according to the following criteria
- Outstanding achievement in research and scholarship;
- Recognized prominence within the community of scholars;
- Service and dedication for the betterment of Washington University;
- Respected accomplishments in teaching.
The awardees are announced in the spring of each year. In the fall, both recipients are asked to give an address summarizing his/her outstanding scholarly work. At the time of these presentations, the awardees each receive a $5,000 honorarium.
Arthur Holly Compton Awardees
| 2022 | Adia Harvey Wingfield |
| 2021 | Jean Allman |
| 2020 | Adrienne D. Davis |
| 2019 | Fiona B. Marshall |
| 2018 | Sarah C. R. Elgin |
| 2017 | Leila N. Sadat |
| 2016 | Deanna M. Barch |
| 2015 | Paul Michael Lützeler |
| 2014 | David A. Balota |
| 2013 | James V. Wertsch |
| 2012 | Nancy L. Morrow-Howell |
| 2011 | Erik Trinkaus |
| 2010 | Gary J. Miller |
| 2009 | Enola K. Proctor |
| 2008 | Henry L. Roediger, III |
| 2007 | Carl M. Bender |
| 2006 | Michael W. Sherraden |
| 2005 | Stephen H. Legomsky |
| 2004 | Jonathan S. Turner |
| 2003 | Lee Epstein |
| 2002 | Barbara A. Schaal |
| 2001 | Raymond E. Arvidson |
| 2000 | Patty Jo Watson |
| 1999 | Gerald L. Early |
Carl and Gerty Cori Awardees
| 2022 | John P. Atkinson |
| 2021 | Lila Solnica-Krezel |
| 2020 | Joan L. Luby |
| 2019 | Gary D. Stormo |
| 2018 | Samuel I. Achilefu |
| 2017 | David C. Van Essen |
| 2016 | Timothy J. Ley |
| 2015 | David M. Holtzman |
| 2014 | Steven L. Teitelbaum |
| 2013 | Richard H. Gelberman |
| 2012 | Robert P. Mecham |
| 2011 | Wayne M. Yokoyama |
| 2010 | John C. Morris |
| 2009 | Jeffrey I. Gordon |
| 2008 | Robert D. Schreiber |
| 2007 | Helen Piwnica-Worms |
| 2006 | Emil R. Unanue |
| 2005 | Alison Goate |
| 2004 | Philip D. Stahl |
| 2003 | Eugene M. Johnson, Jr. |
| 2002 | Stuart A. Kornfeld |
| 2001 | Robert H. Waterston |
| 2000 | Carl Frieden |
| 1999 | Marcus E. Raichle |