Excellence Around the World

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

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

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

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

Diversity Award and Inclusion Award (formerly AAG 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

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