ISPID and its predecessors ESPID and SIDS International have been awarding outstanding scientists and health professionals with awards for a long time. This is a list of award winners so far.

Distinguished Researcher Awards have been extended to the following persons:

• Dr. Susan Beal from Australia in the year 2007
• Dr. Shirley Tonkin from Auckland, New Zealand, in the year 2003
• Prof. Johannes Huber from Utrecht, Netherlands, in the year 2001
• Prof. Robert Carpenter from London, UK, in the year 1999
• Prof. John Emery from Sheffield, UK, in the year 1998

New Investigator Awards have been extended to the following persons:

• Dr. Cliona McGarvey from Dublin, Ireland, for her presentation at the X. ESPID Conference in Oslo, Norway, on 27-31 May 2003:
  McGarvey C, McDonnell M, O'Regan M, Chong A, Matthews TG. A case controlled study of SIDS in the Republic of Ireland: factors relating to the infant's sleeping environment.
• Dr. Sertac Arslanoglu form Izmir, Turkey, for her presentation at the IX. ESPID Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, on 2-6 October 2001:
  Arslanoglu S, Yalaz M, Akisu M, Kultursay N. Evaluation of the trends in NICU mortality rates in a regional reference center throughout 34 years (1967-2000) with the decreasing mortality rates of VLBW infants.
• Gunter Hayler from Berlin, Germany, for his presentation at the VIII. ESPID Conference in Jerusalem, Israel, on 30 May - 4 June 1999:
  Hayler G, Stoltenburg-Didinger G, Landeghem F van, Bajanowski T. Histopathology of thalamic and hypothalamic centers of arousal in Sudden Infant Death (SID) victims.

Kaarene Fitzgerald Awards have been extended to the following persons:

• Ineko Kato, Nagoya City University, Japan, in 2006
• Marianne Arnestad, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Oslo, Norway, in 2004