The Society honours scientists, who do or did outstanding work in the field of infant death, by presenting them with awards. There is the ISPID Travel Award, the ISPID Junior Investigator Award and the ISPID Senior Investigator Award. Senior Investigator Award winners are appointed by the Executive Board on the basis of their lifetime scientific merits, Junior Investigator Award winners on the basis of their scientific work presented at scientific conferences.

Senior Investigator Awards have been given to the following persons:

Dr. Susan Beal from Australia in the year 2007.

Dr. Shirley Tonkin from Auckland, New Zealand, in the year 2003.

Professor Johannes Huber from Utrecht, Netherlands, in the year 2001.

Professor Robert Carpenter from London, UK, in the year 1999.

The late Professor John Emery from Sheffield, UK, in the year 1998.

Junior Investigator Awards have been given 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.