2014             St. Louis Academy of Sciences, Outstanding St. Louis Scientist Award (http://academyofsciencestl.org/initiatives/outstanding_scientists.php)

2012             Featured Explorer, National Geographic Society (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/bios/michael-cosmopoulos)

2009               Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities

2008               Research Fellowship (Category AII: Full Professors and  Members of Academies), Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation

1998               Merit Award in Research, Teaching, and Administration, The University of Manitoba

1992-93         Research Fellow, Institute for the Humanities, The University of Manitoba

1990               Canada Rh Award for Outstanding Contributions to Scholarship and Research in the Humanities