| Country | Award | Sponsor | Description |
| United States | IACE Hall of Fame | International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame | Leaders in the fields of continuing education and adult learning |
| United States | MfA Stipend | Math for America | Stipend and tuition for math teachers |
| United States | NTHF Hall of Fame | National Teachers Hall of Fame | Exceptional school teachers |
| United States | AWM/MAA Falconer Lecturer | Association for Women in Mathematics and Mathematical Association of America | Women who have made distinguished contributions to the mathematical sciences or mathematics education |
| United States | Broad Prize for Urban Education | Eli Broad Foundation | Recognizes school districts in urban areas for closing the achievement gap improving academic performance of low-income and minority students |
| United States | Clark Kerr Award | University of California, Berkeley | Extraordinary and distinguished contribution to the advancement of higher education |
| United States | Deborah and Franklin Haimo Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics | Mathematical Association of America | Teachers who have been widely recognized as extraordinarily successful and whose teaching effectiveness has been shown to have had influence beyond their own institutions |
| United States | Edyth May Sliffe Award | Mathematical Association of America | Five teachers selected from each of the ten American Mathematics Competition Regions |
| United States | Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education | Genetics Society of America | Noteworthy contributions to genetics education |
| United States | Emily M. Gray Award | Biophysical Society | Significant contributions to education in biophysics |
| United States | George Westinghouse Award (ASEE) | American Society for Engineering Education | Outstanding contributions to engineering education |
| United States | Golden Apple Award (education) | various | Educators |
| United States | Grawemeyer Award | University of Louisville | Education, ideas improving world order, music composition, religion, and psychology |
| United States | Harold W. McGraw Prize in Education | McGraw-Hill Education etc. | Outstanding individuals who have dedicated themselves to improving education through new approaches |
| United States | Hesburgh Award | Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America | University that has exceptional faculty development programs |
| United States | IEEE James H. Mulligan Jr. Education Medal | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | Educator's contributions to the vitality, imagination, and leadership of the members of the engineering profession |
| United States | Innovations in Reading Prize | National Book Foundation | Organizations and individuals who have developed innovative means of creating and sustaining a lifelong love of reading |
| United States | James Bryant Conant Award | Education Commission of the States | Outstanding individual contributions to American education |
| United States | John R. Ragazzini Award | American Automatic Control Council | Outstanding contributions to automatic control education |
| United States | Kohl International Teaching Awards | Dolores Kohl Education Foundation | Elementary and high school teachers as well as media and lifetime contributors to the field of education |
| United States | Lindback Award | Lindback Foundation | Distinguished teaching at colleges and universities in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia |
| United States | Louise Hay Award | Association for Women in Mathematics | Contributions as a math educator |
| United States | Milken Educator Award | Milken Family Foundation | To celebrate, elevate and activate the teaching profession |
| United States | National Blue Ribbon Schools Program | United States Department of Education | Exemplary public and non-public schools |
| United States | National Science Foundation CAREER Awards | National Science Foundation | Junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research, education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations |
| United States | National Teacher of the Year | Council of Chief State School Officers | Excellence in teaching |
| United States | Oersted Medal | American Association of Physics Teachers | Notable contributions to the teaching of physics |
| United States | Penny Crane Award for Distinguished Service | Association for Computing Machinery | significant contributions to the University and College Computing Services Special Interest Group, and to computing in higher education |
| United States | Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching | National Science Foundation | Outstanding teaching in the United States |
| United States | Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award | SAE Ralph Teetor Educational Fund | Educators who are preparing engineers for their careers |
| United States | Ramón Margalef Award for Excellence in Education | Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography | Innovations and excellence in teaching and mentoring students in the fields of limnology and oceanography |
| United States | Richtmyer Memorial Award | American Association of Physics Teachers | Educators who have made outstanding contributions as teachers, and have imparted information and motivation to participants in the field |
| United States | Robert Foster Cherry Award | Baylor University | Professors at the College or University level, in the English-speaking world, with established track records of teaching excellence and the ability to inspire students |
| United States | Rowman & Littlefield Award in Innovative Teaching | Rowman & Littlefield | Developers of effective new approaches to teaching among political scientists |
| United States | Sharon Keillor Award for Women in Engineering Education | American Society for Engineering Education | Outstanding women engineering educators |
| United States | The Christa McAuliffe Prize | University of Nebraska–Lincoln | Teacher in Nebraska for showing courage in education |
| United States | Wilbur Cross Medal | Yale Graduate School Alumni Association | Distinguished achievements in scholarship, teaching, academic administration, and public service |