# List of sociology awards

This list of sociology awards is an index to articles about of notable awards given to persons, groups, or institutions for their contributions to the study of sociology.
| Name | Sponsor | First awarded |
| Distinguished Scholarly Book Award (formerly named the MacIver Award) | American Sociological Association | 1956 |
| C. Wright Mills Award | Society for the Study of Social Problems | 1964 |
| Charles Horton Cooley Award | Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction | 1978 |
| Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service | PNC Bank | 1979 |
| Jessie Bernard Award | American Sociological Association | 1979 |
| W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award | American Sociological Association | 1980 |
| Scholarly Achievement Award | North Central Sociological Association | 1981 |
| Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research | International Social Science Council | 1981 |
| Albert J. Reiss, Jr. Award (formerly named the Distinguished Scholar Award) | American Sociological Association Section on Crime, Law, and Deviance | 1983 |
| Distinguished Book Award | Society for the Scientific Study of Religion | 1984 |
| William J. Goode Award | American Sociological Association Section on Family | 1985 |
| Charles Tilly Award for Best Book | American Sociological Association Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements | 1986 |
| Distinguished Scholarship Award | Pacific Sociological Association | 1986 |
| Outstanding Scholarship Award | Society for the Study of Social Problems Division on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency | 1986 |
| European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Sciences | Italian Association of Sociology | 1987 |
| Book Award | Association for Humanist Sociology | 1987 |
| Robert Park Award | American Sociological Association Section on Community and Urban Sociology | 1987 |
| Outstanding Book Award | American Sociological Association Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements | 1988 |
| Distinguished Scholarship Award | American Sociological Association Section on the Political Economy of the World-System | 1989 |
| Best Book Award | American Sociological Association Section on Culture | 1990 |
| Book Award | American Sociological Association Section on Political Sociology | 1991 |
| Distinguished Book Award | American Sociological Association Section on Marxist Sociology | 1991 |
| Michael J. Hindelang Award | American Society of Criminology | 1991 |
| Robert K. Merton Award | American Sociological Association Section on Science, Knowledge, and Technology | 1991 |
| Distinguished Book Award | American Society of Criminology Division of International Criminology | 1992 |
| Max Weber Book Award | American Sociological Association Section on Organization, Occupations, and Work | 1992 |
| Otis Dudley Duncan Award | American Sociological Association Section on Population | 1992 |
| Book Award | North American Society for the Sociology of Sport | 1993 |
| Eliot Freidson Outstanding Publication Award | American Sociological Association Section on Medical Sociology | 1993 |
| Distinguished Book Award | American Sociological Association Section on Law | 1994 |
| Distinguished Scholar of the Year | American Society of Criminology Division on Women and Crime | 1994 |
| Ludwik Fleck Prize | Society for Social Studies of Science | 1994 |
| Theory Prize | American Sociological Association Section on Theory | 1994 |
| Willard Waller Award | American Sociological Association Section on Education | 1994 |
| Oliver Cromwell Cox Award | American Sociological Association Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities | 1996 |
| Thomas & Znaniecki Book Award | American Sociological Association Section on International Migration | 1996 |
| Distinguished Book Award | American Sociological Association Section on Religion | 1997 |
| Outstanding Book Award | American Sociological Association Section on Asia and Asian America | 1997 |
| Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award | American Sociological Association Section on Sex and Gender | 1998 |
| Distinguished Publication Award | Society for the Study of Social Problems Division on Labor Studies | 1998 |
| Rachel Carson Prize | Society for the Social Studies of Science | 1998 |
| Distinguished Book Award | American Sociological Association Section on Aging and the Life Course | 1999 |
| Outstanding Scholarly Achievement | Rural Sociological Society | 1999 |
| Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award | American Sociological Association Section on Latino/a Sociology | 2000 |
| Outstanding Publication | American Sociological Association Section on Environment and Technology | 2000 |
| Outstanding Recent Contribution Award | American Sociological Association Section on the Sociology of Emotions | 2000 |
| Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award | American Sociological Association Section on Race, Gender, and Class | 2001 |
| Mirra Komarovsky Book Award | Eastern Sociological Society | 2001 |
| Distinguished Scholarly Book Award | American Sociological Association Section on the History of Sociology | 2003 |
| Viviana Zelizer Award | American Sociological Association Section on Economic Sociology | 2003 |
| Book Award | American Association for Public Opinion Research | 2004 |
| Award for Distinguished Scholarship | American Sociological Association Section on Animals and Society | 2005 |
| Distinguished Scholarly Book Award | American Sociological Association Section on Labor and Labor Movements | 2005 |
| Outstanding Book | American Sociological Association Section on Communication and Information Technologies | 2006 |
| James S. Coleman Award | American Sociological Association Section on Rationality and Society | 2006 |