Church has received accolades including election to the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, the American Society for Microbiology Promega Biotechnology Research Award, and the heptannual Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science of the Franklin Institute.
Church has received accolades including election to the National Academy of Sciences (in 2011), and the National Academy of Engineering (in 2012). He received the American Society for Microbiology Promega Biotechnology Research Award and the heptannual Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science of the Franklin Institute.