Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award

The Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award from the Biophysical Society in Rockville, Maryland, is given to a woman who "holds very high promise or has achieved prominence while developing the early stages of a career in biophysical research". It is "one of the top national honors" in biophysics. The award was established in 1984 in honor of Margaret Dayhoff, a biophysicist associated with the Biophysical Society and the National Biomedical Research Foundation.

Award recipients
Source: Biophysical Society
 * 1984/85: Dagmar Ringe and Bonnie Ann Wallace
 * 1985/86: Barbara A. Lewis
 * 1986/87: Barbara E. Ehrlich
 * 1987/88: Rachel E. Klevit
 * 1988/89: Nancy L. Thompson
 * 1989/90: Anne Walter
 * 1990/91: Jeanne Rudzki Small
 * 1991/92: Hazel M. Holden and Francine R. Smith
 * 1992/93: Carol Vandenberg
 * 1993/94: Jean S. Baum
 * 1994/95: Hillary C. M. Nelson
 * 1995/96: Lynne Regan
 * 1996/97: Susan Marqusee
 * 1997/98: Bonnie Anne Berger
 * 1998/99: Judith R. Mourant
 * 1999: Lydia Gregoret
 * 2000/2001: Millie M. Georgiadis and Ka Yee Christina Lee
 * 2002: Gina MacDonald
 * 2003: Hao Wu
 * 2004: Dorothee Kern
 * 2005: Sarah Keller
 * 2006: Anne Hinderliter
 * 2007: Kalina Hristova
 * 2008: Judith Klein-Seetharaman
 * 2009: Teresa Giraldez, Adrienne L. Fairhall, and Jin Zhang
 * 2010: Crina Nimigean and Maria Spies
 * 2011: Diane Lidke
 * 2012: Lucy R. Forrest
 * 2013: Jennifer L. Ross and Katherine Henzler-Wildman
 * 2014: Sarah Veatch
 * 2015: Antonina Roll-Mecak
 * 2016: Sophie Dumont and Polina Lishko
 * 2017: Julie S. Biteen
 * 2018: Carrie L. Partch
 * 2019: Meytal Landau
 * 2020: Valeria Vásquez
 * 2021: Randy Stockbridge
 * 2022: Gabriela Schlau-Cohen
 * 2023: Elizabeth H. Kellogg