Plank was presented with the John Ebers Geology Award while at Dartmouth College. In 1998, Plank received the Houtermans Medal from the European Association for Geochemistry as well as the Donath Medal from the Geological Society of America.[1] In 2012, Plank was awarded the MacArthur Genius Grant and the following year was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.[2][13] She received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Dartmouth in 2015, and in 2016 was elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[14][15] She received the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London in 2018.