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
- Routledge Poster Prize (given to participants of the Young Planning Professionals Programme during the annual Congress – until 2018)
- Sam van Embden Award (given on the occasion of ISOCARP’s 50th Anniversary in 2015)