Grants & Awards

• Harvard Laboratory of Social Relations grant, 1963
• Yale University Project in Attitude Change stipend, 1964
• William F. Milton Fund award, 1964-65
• National Science Foundation grant, 1964-65; renewal, 1966-68
• Ford Foundation stipend for International Studies, 1966
• Guggenheim Fellowship, 1967-69
• Barra Foundation grant, 1968-69
• National Science Foundation grant, 1969-71;
• renewal, 1971-76
• James Marshall Fund grant, 1970
• Fulbright-Hays Research Scholar (Honorary) 197l-72 (Japan)
• Fulbright-Hays Research Scholar, 1976-77 (France)
• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft research award (Summer, 1977)
• National Science Foundation grant, 1978-81
• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft grant (Fall, 1980)
• Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdienst (Summer, 1986)
• Honorary Doctorate of Social Science, Tilburg University,Tilburg, Netherlands, 1987
• Alexander von Humboldt Prize in the Humanities, 1989-90
• Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Saybrook Institute, 1991
• Fulbright-Hayes Lecturer, Fundacion Interfas, Argentina, 1993
• Geraldine Mao Fellow, Hong Kong, 1996
• Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, 1996-97
• Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2000
• McGregor Award for Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
• Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2000
• Fellow, The World Academy of Art and Science, 2002
• Honored Contributor, Society for Constructivism in the Human Science, 2003
• Distinguished Contribution to Psychology Award, Division on Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2005
• Theodore Sarbin Award, American Psychological Association, 2007
• Honorary Doctorate, University of Athens, 2007
• Decade of Behavior Award, National Communication Association, 2007
• Honorary Visiting Professor, Adolfo Ibanez University, Chile, 2008
• Winner, the Prose Award, for 2009 books in psychology, American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence
• Fellow, Society for Experimental Social Psychology, 2009
• Erving Goffman award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Social Interaction, Media Ecology Association, 2010
• Honorary Member, Systemische Gesellschaft, 2011
• Honorary Principal, Xiaozhuang Primary School, Nanjing Hongguo Professorship award (Nanjing Normal University) 2012
• Rollo May Award, Society for Humanistic Psychology, 2013
• Listed in S. Sims (2013) Fifty key postmodern thinkers. London: Routledge.
• Winner of the 2014 essay competition, Independent Social Research Foundation,London. Now published as: Gergen, K.J. (2015) From mirroring to world-making: Research as future forming. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 45: 287-310. (2015)
• Distinguished Alumni Award, Graduate School, Duke University, 2017
• Honorary Associate, Absalon University College, Netherlands, 2018
• Listed on “The 50 most influential psychologists in the world” by The Best Schools. 2018