Current University of Minnesota faculty are eligible for the following national and international honors and awards:
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- Lasker Awards
- MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
- MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship
- National Academy of Engineering
- National Academy of Medicine
- National Academy of Sciences
- National Book Award
- National Medal of Science
- Nobel Prize
- Pulitzer Prize
- Wolf Prize