Among the accolades she has received include international awards such as the one awarded by the Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (1992) fellowship for her to spend research time in Kyoto University and the JWT Jones Travelling Fellowship, and the Royal Society of Chemistry (1995) award which enabled her to spend time on research at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. She also received the Chevening Award (1996) and spent a year at Cambridge University and the Fulbright Scholar Award (2001) for 3 months attachment at Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA. She has also received the CNRS Fellowship (2001/2002) for a 9 month attachment at the University of Bordeaux in France. In 2014, Prof. Noorsaadah was appointed as a Fellow at the Academy Science of Malaysia and was also one of the recipients of the the Top Malaysian Research Scientist (TRSM) Award.