A special ISOCARP activity is the bestowal of awards to highlight and celebrate planning and network achievements. These ISOCARP Awards are:

  • ISOCARP Awards for Excellence 
  • Gerd Albers Award
  • ISOCARP Student Award
  • Sam van Embden Award (given on the occasion of ISOCARP’s 50th Anniversary in 2015), this award is being reintroduced in 2025 to mark the society’s 60th anniversary.
  • Women In Planning Award
  • Planning Process Award
  • Routledge Poster Prize (given to participants of the Young Planning Professionals Programme during the annual Congress – until 2018)
  • ISOCARP Siena Innovative and Creative Awards (given on the occasion of ISOCARP’s Diamond Anniversary Series in 2024)