Thanks to the contributions from organizational members (private businesses), JSWE gives awards for purposes including the nurturing of leaders of the next generation (student poster presentation award (Lion Award), awards for excellent presentations at Annual Conferences (Kurita Award), doctoral research promotion awards (Organo Award), research promotion awards (Excellent Paper Award for the year) (Metawater Award), and awards for international interaction and cooperation (JSWE-IDEA Water Environment International Exchange Award).

• JSWE-IDEA Water Environment International Exchange Award
• JSWE-IDEA International Activity Award