* 2009 Nexxus Young Life Scientist of the Year
* 2013 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Joseph Black Award
* 2016 Top 50 Women in Analytical Science
* 2016 Coblentz Society Craver Award
* 2017 The Analytical Scientist Top 10 Spectroscopists 
* 2018 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)
* 2023 The Analytical Scientist the Power List - Connectors and Interdisciplinarians
Faulds is a Fellow of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) and a member of the Young Academy of Scotland (YAS).
In 2019 Faulds was included in the 2019 Power List of The Analytical Scientist.