This list of anthropology awards is an index to articles about notable awards given for contributions to anthropology, the scientific study of humans, human behavior and societies in the past and present. The list gives the country of the sponsoring organization, but awards may be given to people from other countries.
| Country | Award | Sponsor | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Excellence in ethnographic writing relating to the Asia Pacific region, including Australia | |||
| Guatemala | Individuals who have made significant contributions towards the protection, study and research of Guatemala's cultural heritage[1] | |||
| Sweden | Geographer or anthropologist. Renamed the SSAG medal | |||
| Spain, Portugal and America | AIBR Award | Best annual article in Iberoamerican Anthropology. | ||
| United Kingdom | Identify and acknowledge the work of scientists, British or foreign, distinguished in any field of anthropological research[2] [3] | |||
| United Kingdom | Significant contribution to social, physical or cultural anthropology or archaeology[4] | |||
| United States | Social scientist for lifetime efforts to understand and serve the needs of the world's societies, and trying to solve human problems using the concepts and tools of social science | |||
| United States | Younger scholar for a particular accomplishment such as a book, film, monograph, or service, which interprets anthropological data and principles in ways that make them meaningful and accessible to a broadly concerned public[5] | |||
| United States | A member of the Society for Applied Anthropology, in recognition of long-term and truly distinguished service[6] | |||
| United States | First book by an author that makes a significant contribution to feminist anthropology[7] | |||
| United States | Paper written in the spirit of Rudolf Virchow that best reflects, extends or advances critical perspectives in medical anthropology | |||
| United States | Excellence in a scholarly book written from an anthropological perspective about a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender topic[8] [9] | |||
| United States | Awarded to a previously published work (article or book, in alternate years) that makes an outstanding contribution to any area of psychological anthropology.[10] [11] | |||
| United States | Distinguishing research or publication in the field of Anthropology[12] [13] |