Staff prizes and fellowships
- Stephen M. Pompea, 2016 Millikan Medal, American Association of Physics Teachers.
- Stephen M. Pompea, 2018 SPIE Maria J. Yzuel Educator Award.
- Tod R. Lauer, 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics as part of the Event Horizon Telescope Team
- Joan Najita, 2020 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
- Joan Najita, 2020 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
- Helmut Abt (Emeritus), 2020 AAS Legacy Fellow
- Catherine Garmany (Emerita), 2020 AAS Legacy Fellow
- Dara Norman, 2020 AAS Legacy Fellow
- Nicole van der Bliek, 2020 AAS Legacy Fellow
- Sidney Wolff, 2020 AAS Legacy Fellow
- Joan Najita, 2021-2022 Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellow
- Adam Bolton, 2021 ACM SIGMOD Systems Award for Sloan Digital Sky Survey
- Benjamin Weaver, 2021 ACM SIGMOD Systems Award for Sloan Digital Sky Survey
- Lars Lindberg Christensen, 2021 ASP Klumpke-Roberts Award
- Arjun Dey, 2021 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
- Frank Valdes, 2021 ADASS Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Astronomical Software for IRAF
- DESI Team, 2021 Project Management Excellence Award from Department of Energy
- Janice Lee, 2021 HPCwire Readers’ Choice Award
- Aaron Meisner, 2021 NASA Robert H. Goddard Award for Backyard Worlds Planet 9
- Aaron Meisner, 2023 Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce / Arizona Daily Star 40 Under 40 Award