By Applicant
For students and undergraduates
- AAG Council Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper at a Regional Meeting brings a grad student selected for best paper during each regional division meeting to the AAG annual meeting
- AAG International Geographic Information Fund offers student travel, research, or paper awards in GIS/spatial analysis
- Community College Travel Grants brings two-year students to AAG's annual meeting
- Darrel Hess Community College Geography Scholarships assist students to transfer into bachelor programs
- Marble-Boyle Undergraduate Achievement Awards in Geographic Science recognizes academic performance and leadership
- Mel Marcus Fund for Physical Geography supports field-based research by faculty with students (professors apply)
- Specialty/Affinity Group Competitions for members belonging to AAG
For scholars and professionals: grants
- AAG Research Grants fund geography research or fieldwork for members
- Anne U. White Fund sponsors domestic partners joining AAG members in fieldwork
- Mel Marcus Fund for Physical Geography supports field-based research by faculty with students (professors apply)
- Enrichment Funds, AAG Annual Meeting subsidizes non-geographers to attend our national meeting
- Specialty/Affinity Group Competitions for members belonging to AAG's various expertise groups
- Visiting Geographical Scientist Program brings geography speakers to colleges and universities
For scholars and professionals: recognition
- AAG Honors are AAG’s most prestigious awards for geographers
- Media Achievement Award honors accomplishments publicizing geographic insights in mass communication
- Publication Award honors publishers of geographic work
- Anderson Medal recognizes applied and professional geographers
- AAG Stanley Brunn Award for Creativity in Geography given to an individual geographer or team that has demonstrated originality, creativity, and significant intellectual breakthroughs in geography.
- Meredith F. Burrill Award rewards meritorious work with practical or policy applications
- Enhancing Diversity Award promotes inclusion and broadening participation
- AAG Excellence in Mentoring Award given to an individual geographer, group, or department who has demonstrated extraordinary leadership in building supportive academic and professional environments in their departments, associations, and institutions and guiding the academic and or professional growth of their students and junior colleagues
- AAG E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Award acknowledges special competence in teaching or research
- Harold M. Rose Award for Anti-Racism Research and Practice given to those who have served to advance the discipline through their research, and who have also had on impact on anti-racist practice.
- AAG Globe Book Award for Public Understanding of Geography
- AAG Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography
- John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize for conveying geographic insights to a lay audience
For highly distinguished nominees
- Atlas Award honors highly regarded figures who advance world understanding
- AAG Honors are AAG’s most prestigious awards for geographers
- Honorary Geographer recognizes excellence by high profile non-geographers
- Presidential Achievement Award distinguishes leaders for long-standing contributions to geography
By Type
- AAG Book Awards distinguish outstanding works by geography authors published this year
- AAG Honors the most prestigious AAG awards for geographers
- AAG Award for Program Excellence recognizes outstanding geography departments and programs
- Other AAG Awards recognize students, faculty, and professionals for their accomplishments and contributions
- Research Grants support study activities, fieldwork, theses, dissertations, and geographic inquiry
- Educational Grants and Scholarships offer aid for students and to teachers or instructors
- Annual Meeting Grants sponsors travel or related expenses for participation in AAG meetings
- AAG Photo Competition offers prizes in three categories
- AAG NSF IGU Conference Travel Grants provides support for IGU Regional Conferences held around the world
