Awards
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In Honoring Others – We Honor Ourselves!
AIAA is honored to honor you—the very best! A primary goal of the Institute is to recognize those who are making earthshaking achievements that make us stand up from our seats and cheer. Since the inception of AIAA Honors and Awards Program, collectively we’ve recognized thousands of your colleagues for their meritorious achievements, technical contributions, committed service, section participation, and loyal membership.
Because shaping the future of aerospace is a community effort, AIAA is also flying high to partner with other societies for certain elite awards.
For a full compilation of our awards and past recipients, please download our Honors and Awards Book .
A complete listing of all AIAA Honors and Awards is noted below, or you can select an award category to learn more:
- Membership Award
- A Thomas Young Undergraduate Scholarship (No Longer Available)
- Outstanding Activity Award
- Space Transportation Design Competition
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James A. Van Allen Space Environments Award
Opens: 10 November 2025 | Closes: 15 January 2026
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Wright Brothers Lecture in Aeronautics Award
Opens: 10 November 2024 | Closes: 15 January 2025
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Abe Zarem Educator Award
Opens: 1 March 2023 | Closes: 31 January 2024
- Leatrice Gregory Pendray Scholarship
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Public Service Award
Opens: 1 June 2025 | Closes: 1 September 2025
- Willy Z. Sadeh Graduate Award
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George M. Low Space Transportation Award
Opens: 10 November 2025 | Closes: 15 January 2026
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Jeffries Aerospace Medicine and Life Sciences Research Award
Opens: 10 July 2024 | Closes: 1 October 2024
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Lawrence Sperry Award
Opens: 1 June 2025 | Closes: 1 September 2025
- AIAA Lockheed Martin Marillyn Hewson Scholarship
- Cary Spitzer Digital Avionics Scholarship
- William Littlewood Memorial Lecture
- Dr. Hassan A. Hassan Graduate Award in Aerospace Engineering
- Best Paper – Propulsion and Energy Group
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Intelligent Systems
Opens: 10 February 2025 | Closes: 1 June 2025
- Communications Award