2021: Sarah Hall and Emily Eley won poster sessions in the graduate student university-wide competition: Discover USC 2021
2021: Paul Ernst has been awarded a 2020 UofSC Presidential Fellowship for 4 years for doing his PhD degree
2020: Samantha Greaser has been awarded a 2020 UofSC Presidential Fellowship for 4 years for doing her PhD degree
2020: Heather Roman-Stork was the recipient of the Breakthrough Graduate Scholar Award
2020: Heather Roman-Stork has been awarded Outstanding Publication Award in Marine Science
2020: Heather Roman-Stork has been awarded The National Academies/National Research Council (NRC)/Research Associateship.
2020: Richard Brokaw has been awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
2019-2020: Heather Roman-Stork was the recipient of the 2018-2019 NASA/South Carolina Space Grant Graduate Fellowship Award.
2019: Corinne Trott has been awarded SPARC grant by the Vice-President for Research, University of South Carolina
2019: Corinne Trott has been awarded Outstanding Publication Award in Marine Science
2019: Brady Ferster was the recipient of the Breakthrough Graduate Scholar Award
2019: Casey Shoup has been awarded Outstanding Teaching Award in Marine Science
2019: Corinne Trott has been awarded first place for Poster Competition at Discover USC Day in Graduate Students Category
2019: Richard Brokaw (my Accelerated BS/MS student) has been awarded first place for Poster Competition at Discover USC Day in undergraduate Students Category
2019: Richard Brokaw has been awarded USC’s Magellan Scholarship 
2018-2019: Corinne Trott as the recipient of the 2018-2019 SPARC Graduate Research Grant
2018: Corinne Trott was recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Teaching Award in Marine Science
2017-2019: Brady Ferster was the recipient of the 2017-2018 & 2018-2019 NASA/South Carolina Space Grant Graduate Fellowship Award.
2017: Jessica Burns has been awarded Outstanding Publication Award in Marine Science
2015: Bryce Melzer receives First place in Discovery Day Oral Competition
2014: Victoria Young has been awarded USC’s Magellan Scholarship.
2012: Gary Grunseich has been awarded 2012 Outstanding Thesis Award.
2012-2013: Matthew Nienhaus was the recipient of the 2012-2013 NASA/South Carolina Space Grant Graduate Fellowship Award.
2012: Ebenezer Nyadjro has been selected as a participant in the Physical Oceanography Dissertation Symposium (PODS VII) held at Lihue, Kauai during October 7-11, 2012.
2012: Ebenezer Nyadjro has been awarded 2012 Outstanding Dissertation Award.
2012: Ebenezer Nyadjro has been awarded The National Academies/National Research Council (NRC)/ Research Associateship to work at NOAA/PMEL,Seattle, Washington.
2012: Ebenezer Nyadjro has been awarded F. John Vernberg Best Publication Award
2012: Ebenezer Nyadjro has been awarded USC Graduate Student Day oral presentation second prize.
2012: Ebenezer Nyadjro has been awarded F. John Vernberg Outstanding Graduate Teaching award
2012: Gary Grunseich has been the recipient of Taber Award for Outstanding Masters Research in the Field of Geological Sciences
2011-2012: Gary Grunseich was the recipient of the 2011-2012 NASA/South Carolina Space Grant Graduate Fellowship Award.
2011: Ebenezer Nyadjro has been awarded USC Graduate Student Day oral presentation second prize.
2009: Michelle Gierach has been awarded Dean’s Excellence Award for Graduate Studies
2009: David Heffner was the recipient of Taber Award for Outstanding MastersResearch in the Field of Geological Sciences
2008: Jamie Shutta (Marine Science Junior) has been awarded the NOAA Ernest F.Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship. 
2008: Michelle Gierach has been awarded F. John Vernberg Best Publication Award.
2008: Michelle Gierach has been awarded USC Graduate Student Day award for posterpresentation first prize.
2008: Michelle Gierach has been selected as a Participant in the Physical Oceanography Dissertation Symposium held at the East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, during October 5-10, 2008.
2007: Michelle Gierach has been awarded USC Graduate Research Assistant Fellowship for Spring, 2007.
2008-2009: Michelle Giearch was the recipient of the NASA/South Carolina Space Grant Graduate Fellowship.
2008-2009: Dara D.H. Cadden was the recipient of the NASA/South Carolina Space Grant Graduate Fellowship.
2006-2008: Dara D.H. Cadden was the recipient of the NASA/South Carolina Space Grant Graduate Fellowship.
2006: Dara D.H. Cadden has been awarded F. John Vernberg Best Teaching Award.