Kurumla ilgili olarak ABD Federal kanunlarının 36. maddesinde Kongre hükmü bulunmaktadır.
Başkanlar
- 1863–1867 Alexander Dallas Bache
- 1868–1878 Joseph Henry
- 1879–1882 William Barton Rogers
- 1883–1895 Othniel Charles Marsh
- 1895–1900 Wolcott Gibbs
- 1901–1907 Alexander Agassiz
- 1907–1913 Ira Remsen
- 1913–1917 William Henry Welch
- 1917–1923 Charles Doolittle Walcott
- 1923–1927 Albert Abraham Michelson
- 1927–1931 Thomas Hunt Morgan
- 1931–1935 William Wallace Campbell
- 1935–1939 Frank Rattray Lillie
- 1939–1947 Frank Baldwin Jewett
- 1947–1950 Alfred Newton Richards
- 1950–1962 Detlev Wulf Bronk
- 1962–1969 Frederick Seitz
- 1969–1981 Philip Handler
- 1981–1993 Frank Press
- 1993–2005 Bruce Michael Alberts
- 2005–günümüz Ralph J. Cicerone
Önemli Kişiler
- David Blackwell Akademiye seçilen ilk Afrika kökenli üye.(1965).
- Edward C. Pickering (1846-1919) seçilen en genç üye.
Dış bağlantılar
- National Academy of Sciences
- LC 21: A Digital Strategy for the Library of Congress
- The Library of Congress, Digital Collections and Programs
- The Library of Congress, Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
- "Boxer And Feinstein Concerned About Impartiality Of National Academy Of Sciences Perchlorate Committee", 14 Mayıs 2004
- Freeview Video Interview 2006 Sherwood Rowland, NL, discusses Climate Change. This and other programmes on members of the National Academy of Sciences can be found on the Vega Science Trust's website.
- National Academy of Sciences' Office of Exhibitions and Cultural Programs