An important and integral part of the role of a professional association such as EAGE is to recognize and honour the scientific advances and achievements made by its members. The most practical and realistic means of recognizing effort and achievement by individuals is for them to be nominated by their colleagues i.e. people such as yourselves. EAGE Awards are regarded as highly valuable and prestigious within the geoscientific community. The awards are approved annually by the EAGE Board.

Besides presenting EAGE Awards, each year a number of prizes are presented to deserving individuals. Those prizes are meant to reward the special accomplishments of our members. EAGE prizes cover a wide range of themes and vary from the PhotoContest prize to the Geo Quiz, the Laurie Dake Challenge and the Minus CO2 Challenge prizes.

EAGE offers 14 Awards categories. Click on the categories below to learn more about past winners:

Achievement Awards

Desiderius Erasmus Award
Award for Lifetime Contribution in the field of resource exploration and development

Conrad Schlumberger Award
Award for Outstanding Contribution to the scientific and technical advancement of the geosciences, particularly geophysics

Arie van Weelden Award
Award for highly significant contributions to one or more of the disciplines in our Association by a Young Professional.
Candidates for this award must be EAGE members under 35 years of age at the time of the nomination.

Honorary Memberships
Award for highly significant and distinguished contribution to the geoscience community at large or to the Association in particular

Alfred Wegener Award
Award for Outstanding Contribution to the scientific and technical advancement of EAGE’s disciplines, particularly petroleum geoscience and engineering

Sustainable Energy YP Award “Marie Tharp” (from 2024)
Award for promising and creative talents among the next generation of energy transition leaders.
Candidates for this award must be MSc or PhD students at the time of the application.
The winner receives a grant to attend the EAGE GET Conference.
Click here to learn more about the nomination requirements and procedure.

Best Paper Awards

Nigel Anstey Award
Award for Best Paper in First Break in the calendar year preceding the Award

Loránd Eötvös Award
Award for Best Paper in Geophysical Prospecting in the calendar year preceding the Award

Norman Falcon Award
Award for Best Paper in Petroleum Geoscience in the calendar year preceding the Award

Ludger Mintrop Award
Award for Best Paper in Near Surface Geophysics in the calendar year preceding the Award

Robert Mitchum Award
Award for Best Paper in Basin Research in the calendar year preceding the Award

Rosemary Hutton Award (from 2025)
Award for Best Paper in Geoenergy in the calendar year preceding the Award

Guido Bonarelli Award
Award for Best Oral Presentation at the EAGE Annual Conference in the calendar year preceding the Award

Louis Cagniard Award
Award for Best Poster Presentation at the EAGE Annual Conference in the calendar year preceding the Award