Admittedly, we’re a little crazy about prizes. Our own Vilcek Prizes are bestowed annually upon iconic immigrant artists and brilliant foreign-born scientists.

Even when we examined prizes not devoted to immigrants, however, foreign-born scientists still made a strong showing across the board. In this second installment of “Immigrant Nation, American Success,” we look at how immigrants elevate the caliber of scientific study in the U.S., as demonstrated by the high percentage of foreign-born recipients of awards and fellowships in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields.

Consider, for example, that of the 277 Nobel Prizes awarded to scientists working in the U.S. from 1901 to 2014, 35% of those scientists were foreign-born.

However, this wasn’t always the case: Almost 75% of those Nobel Prizes were only awarded after the Immigration and Nationality Act was passed in 1965, which eliminated discriminatory national origin quotas and increased employment-based green cards.

Download the full graphic for a breakdown of the many immigrant scientists, engineers, and mathematicians who have been recognized for their groundbreaking work in the U.S.!  And next week, we’ll release the final graphic in this series, “Entrepreneurs and the Economy.”