Editing Phillip Allen Sharp (section)

==Awards and honors==
[[File:Phillip A Sharp.jpg|300px|thumb|Phillip Sharp with [[George W. Bush]], at the [[National Medal of Science]] awards in 2006.]]
In addition to the Nobel Prize, Sharp has won several notable awards, including the 2004 [[National Medal of Science]],<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.jsp?recip_id=5100000000428|title = The President's National Medal of Science Recipient Details - Phillip A. Sharp|access-date = November 12, 2014|website = National Science Foundation}}</ref> the 1999 [[Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Sciences]] of the [[American Philosophical Society]],<ref name="franklinscience_recipients">{{cite web|url=http://www.amphilsoc.org/prizes/franklinscience |title=Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Sciences Recipients |publisher=[[American Philosophical Society]] |access-date=November 27, 2011}}</ref> the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] in 1981,<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#science-exploration}}</ref> and the 1988 [[Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize]] from [[Columbia University]] together with [[Thomas R. Cech]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/research/horwitz-prize/prize-awardees|title = The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize for Biology or Biochemistry|access-date = November 12, 2014|website = Columbia University Medical Center}}</ref>

Sharp is an elected member of several academic societies, including the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]],<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.amacad.org/multimedia/pdfs/alphalist.pdf|title = Alphabetical Index of Active Members|date = November 5, 2013|access-date = November 12, 2014|website = American Academy of Arts and Sciences}}</ref> the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]],<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://membercentral.aaas.org/fellows|title = Fellows|access-date = November 12, 2014|website = American Association for the Advancement of Science|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140727124856/http://membercentral.aaas.org/fellows|archive-date = July 27, 2014}}</ref> the [[National Academy of Sciences]],<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/50570.html|title = Phillip A. Sharp|access-date = November 12, 2014|website = National Academy of Sciences}}</ref> and the [[Institute of Medicine]] of the National Academies.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.iom.edu/Global/Directory/Detail.aspx?id=0000050570|title = Directory: IOM Member - Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D.|access-date = November 12, 2014|website = Institute of Medicine of the National Academies|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://archive.today/20141112184455/http://www.iom.edu/Global/Directory/Detail.aspx?id=0000050570|archive-date = November 12, 2014}}</ref> He was elected a [[List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 2011|Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 2011]].<ref name=formemrs>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006212638/https://royalsociety.org/people/philip-sharp-12261/|archive-date=October 6, 2015|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/philip-sharp-12261/|title=Professor Philip Sharp ForMemRS|publisher=[[Royal Society]]|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/foreign-members/| title = Royal Society|publisher= Royal Society|access-date = March 20, 2010}}</ref> In 2012, he was elected the president of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.aaas.org/news/phillip-sharp-molecular-biologist-and-nobel-laureate-chosen-serve-aaas-president-elect|title = Phillip A. Sharp, Molecular Biologist and Nobel Laureate, Chosen to Serve as AAAS President-Elect|date = March 13, 2012|work = American Association for the Advancement of Science|access-date = November 12, 2014}}</ref> He is also a Member and Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of Fidelity Biosciences Group; a member of the Board of Advisors of [[Polaris Partners|Polaris Venture Partners]]; chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board and member of the Board of Directors of [[Alnylam Pharmaceuticals]]; advisor and investor at Longwood and Polaris Venture Funds; a member of the Boards of Directors at Syros Pharmaceuticals and VIR Biotechnology; and member and Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board at Dewpoint Biotechnology.

He is the subject of the 2025 documentary film "Cracking the Code:Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution" directed by Bill Haney.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uncommonproductions.com/cracking-the-code-sharp|title=Documentary Film &#124; Phil Sharp|website=UNCOMMON PRODUCTIONS|accessdate=February 2, 2025}}</ref> 

[[Pendleton County, Kentucky]], Sharp's birthplace, named its current middle school after him.