The Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities has awarded the 2021 National Research Awards to the following personalities:
- National Research Award “Blas Cabrera”, in the area of Physical Sciences, Materials and Earth to Don Francisco José García Vidal.
- National Research Award “Enrique Moles”, in the area of Chemical Science and Technology to Don Hermenegildo García Gómez.
- National Research Award “Alejandro Malaspina”, in the area of Natural Resources Sciences to Doña Montserrat Vilà Planellas.
- National Research Award “Julio Rey Pastor” in the area of Mathematics and Information and Communication Technologies to Don Luis Vega González.
- National Research Award “Juan de la Cierva”, in the area of Technology Transfer to Mrs. María José Alonso Fernández.
- National Research Award “Gregorio Marañón” in the area of Medicine to Don Jesús Fernando San Miguel Izquierdo.
- National Research Award “Santiago Ramón y Cajal”, in the area of Biology to Mrs. Purification Muñoz Cánoves.
- National Research Award “Leonardo Torres Quevedo”, in the area of Engineering to Don Aníbal Ollero Baturone.
- National Research Award “Pascual Madoz”, in the area of Law and Economic and Social Sciences to Don Jordi Galí Garreta.
- National Research Award “Ramón Menéndez Pidal” in the area of Humanities to Mrs. Margarita Díaz-Andreu García.