Od 2004 roku nagroda ta nosi nazwę Fluid Dynamics Prize.
Najważniejsze prace naukowe J.M.Burgers Some considerations on the fields of stress connected with dislocations in a regular crystal lattice. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeling Natuurkunde: Proceedings of the Section of Sciences, ISSN 0370-0348, Bd. 42, 1939, S.293-325,(Part I), 378-399(Part II). J.M. Burgers, Proc.Phys.Soc.(London) 52,(1940) 23. J.M.Burgers and W.G.Burgers Dislocations in crystal lattices, Chapter 6 of Rheology, Theory and Applications, edited by F.R.Eirich, vol. I, s. 141–199, Academic Press, New York,1956 Mathematical examples illustrating relations occurring in the theory of turbulent fluid motion. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde, Reihe 1, ISSN 0373-4668, Bd. 17, H. 2, 1939, S. 1–53. Shih-i Pai, J.M.Burgers Dynamics of Fluids and Plasmas:Proceedings of the Symposium helds in honor of Johannes M. Burgers, University of Maryland, College Park, 1965 J.M. Burgers Flow Equations for Composite Gases. Academic Press, 1969. J.M. Burgers The Nonlinear Diffusion Equation: Asymptotic Solutions and Statistical Problems. F. T. M. Nieuwstadt, J. A. Steketee (Herausgeber): Selected Papers of J. M. Burgers.