| Year | Recipient | Institution at the time award | Award for | Ref |
| 1984 | Charles C. Han | | | |
| 1985 | Andrew J. Lovinger | | "For outstanding investigations of the structure and properties of ferroelectric polymers." | |
| 1986 | Murugappan Muthukumar | | | |
| 1987 | Matthew Tirrell | | "In recognition of extensive research accomplishments leading to greater understanding of the diffusion and interfacial properties of polymers." | [2] |
| 1988 | Dale S. Pearson | | | |
| 1989 | Frank S. Bates | | | |
| 1990 | Jean-Michel Guenet | CNRS at Institut Charles Sadron | "For distinguished research on polymer chain conformation in semicrystalline polymers and for major contributions to the understanding of the nature of the gel state" | |
| 1991 | Kenneth S. Schweizer | | | |
| 1992 | Glenn H. Fredrickson | | | |
| 1993 | Mark D. Ediger | | | |
| 1994 | Scott T. Milner | | | |
| 1995 | Stephen Z. D. Cheng | University of Akron | "For outstanding productivity in research on semicrystalline, liquid crystalline, and high performance polymers." | |
| 1996 | Julia A. Kornfield | California Institute of Technology | "For incisive experiments to relate microstructural dynamics to macroscopic behavior of polymer blends, block copolymers and liquid crystals." | |
| 1997 | Nitash P. Balsara | Polytechnic University | "For innovative and illuminating optical and neutron experiments to probe the state of order in multi-component polymer systems." | |
| 1998 | Spiros Haralambos Anastasiadis | University of Crete | "For pioneering studies of the structure and dynamics of polymer solutions, melts, interfaces, and thin films." | |
| 1999 | Anne M. Mayes | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | "For her unique combination of theoretical and experimental insight into polymer self-organization." | |
| 2000 | Wesley R. Burghardt | Northwestern University | "For important discoveries in the structure and flow properties of complex polymeric materials and pioneering experimental methods to study them." | |
| 2001 | Klaus Schmidt-Rohr | Iowa State University | "For his creative development of new NMR methods and their insightful use to elucidate polymer structure and dynamics." | |
| 2002 | Timothy J. Bunning | Air Force Research Laboratory | "For his outstanding accomplishments in developing polymer based materials for optical applications and for elucidating the physics and chemistry underlying their formation." | |
| 2003 | Helmut Strey | University of Massachusetts Amherst | "For contributing significantly to our understanding of the physics of biopolymers and polyelectrolytes." | |
| 2004 | Marcus Muller | Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany | "For the development of powerful analytic and computational methods, and their application to the structure and dynamics of polymers." | |
| 2005 | Jan Genzer | North Carolina State University | "For his highly creative manipulation of surface properties via monolayer and macromolecular films." | |
| 2006 | Kenji Urayama | Kyoto University | "For insightful experiments that probe the nature of polymer networks." | |
| 2007 | Darrin J. Pochan | University of Delaware | "For advancing our understanding of the physics of assembly and chain conformation of synthetic polypeptides." | |
| 2008 | Kari Dalnoki-Veress | McMaster University | "For significant and innovative experiments in glass formation and polymer crystallization at the nanoscale." | [3] |
| 2009 | Venkat Ganesan | University of Texas at Austin | "For exceptional contributions to innovative computer simulation approaches and analysis of equilibrium and dynamic properties of multicomponent polymetric materials and nanocomposites." | |
| 2010 | Yueh-Lin Loo | Princeton University | "For insightful experiments connecting structure with performance in conducting polymers, organic electronics, and functional block copolymers" | [4] |
| 2011 | Raffaele Mezzenga | ETH Zurich | "For exceptional contributions to the understanding of self-assembly principles and their use to design and control materials with targeted functionalities." | |
| 2012 | Rachel A. Segalman | University of California, Berkeley | "For fundamental and technological contributions to the field of polymer science and engineering, especially in the area of rod-coil block copolymers." | [5] |
| 2013 | Mahesh Mahanthappa | University of Wisconsin | "For fundamental studies of block copolymers with controlled dispersity." | [6] |
| 2014 | Ryan C. Hayward | University of Massachusetts Amherst | "For remarkably innovative and creative approaches to the design, realization, and analysis of responsive polymer gels and self-assembled systems." | |
| 2015 | Chinedum O. Osuji | Yale University | "For fundamental insights into block copolymer self-assembly under applied fields." | [7] |
| 2016 | Thomas H. Epps, III | University of Delaware | "For significant advancement in the control, characterization, and understanding of polymer nanoscale-structure and energetics." | [8] |
| 2017 | Moon J. Park | Pohang University of Science & Technology | "For incisive experiments elucidating the interplay of transport and morphology in nanostructured ion-containing polymer materials." | |
| 2018 | Bradley D. Olsen | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | "For significantly expanding our understanding of the physics of polymers, including the self-assembly of block copolymers incorporating a fully folded protein, the influence of polymer shape on diffusion; for engineering novel gels; and for updating the theory of the modulus of a network." | |
| 2019 | Zahra Fakhraai | University of Pennsylvania | "For exceptional investigations of surface effects in polymer glasses and amyloid aggregation." | |
| 2020 | Rodney Priestley | Princeton University | "For impactful experiments illuminating the glass transition, and for novel processes for the controlled formation of polymer thin films and structured nanocolloids." | [9] |
| 2021 | Bryan W. Boudouris | Purdue University | "For fundamental insights connecting polymer structure with charge transport in free radical conducting polymers, organic electronics, and functional block copolymers." | [10] |
| 2022 | Jian Qin | Stanford University | "For the advancement of analytical and computational tools in the thermodynamics and morphology of ionic or ion-containing polymeric materials." | [11] |
| 2023 | Vivek Sharma | University of Illinois Chicago | "For fundamental advances toward a molecular-level understanding of non-equilibrium polymer dynamics and for developing methods to accurately measure extensional deformation of polymeric materials and interfacial flows." | [12] |
| 2024 | Charles Sing | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | "For pioneering advances in polyelectrolyte phase behavior and polymer dynamics using theory and computational modeling" | |
| 2025 | Robert J. Hickey | Pennsylvania State University | "For pioneering work in creating nonequilibrium structured soft materials." | |