Awards have been annonced and handed out during the International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences:
ICASS X
On 16 June 2021 in Arkhangelsk, Russia three recipients were bestowed Honorary Lifetime Memberships to IASSA:
- Dr. Gail Fondahl
- Dr. Natalia Novikova
- Dr. Piers Vitebsky
And the Dr. Gabriella Nordin-Sköld IASSA Service Award to:
- Ms. Alona Yefimenko
ICASS IX
On 11 June 2017 in Umeå, Sweden, two recipients were bestowed Honorary Lifetime Memberships to IASSA:
- Dr. Ann Fienup-Riordan
- Mr. Carl Christian Puju Olsen
ICASS VIII
On 25 May 2014 in Prince George, Canada, three recipients were bestowed Honorary Lifetime Memberships to IASSA:
- Dr. Julie Cruikshank
- Dr. Igor Krupnik
- Dr. Oran Young
ICASS VII
On 24 June 2011 in Akureyri, Iceland, one award was presented to:
- Dr. Anna Kerttula de Echave
ICASS VI
On 23 August 2008 in Nuuk, Greenland, three recipients were bestowed Honorary Lifetime Memberships to IASSA:
- Dr. Ludger Müller-Wille (founder and first president of IASSA)
- Mr. Robert Petersen (former IASSA council member & Vice-President 1995-1998)
- Dr. Ernest S. (Tiger) Burch, Jr. (The 'Legendary' Arctic Anathropologist)