The AAEA Annual Awards and Fellows Ceremony recognizes professional excellence in agricultural and applied economics. Students, early career professionals, and experienced members are selected on the basis of their achievements in research, teaching and extension activities. It also recognizes AAEA Fellows, AAEA's most prestigious honor.
 Will Martin International Food Policy Research Institute |
 Alfred Parks Prairie View A&M University |
 Timothy Richards Arizona State University |
 Jutta Roosen Technical University of Munich |
 Ralph Christy Cornell University |
| Outstanding Master's Thesis Award |
Molly Delcurto, Montana State University Benjamin Norton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Betty Thomas, Mississippi State University Honorable Mention: Gabriel Blair Fontinelee |
| Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award |
Christina Korting, University of Delaware Honorable Mentions: Susanna Berkouwer, Yang Yu |
| Distinguished Teaching Awards: Less than 10 years 10 or more years', Undergraduate 10 or more years', Graduate |
Cesar Escalante, University of Georgia Jason Bergtold, Kansas State University Zhifeng Gao, University of Florida |
| Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Awards: 10 or more years' experience Group Less than 10 years' experience |
Nick Paulson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Farmdoc Daily Live Coronavirus and Agriculture Wendong Zhang, Iowa State University |
| Bruce Gardner Award |
Vida Abadam, USDA Pat Westhoff, University of Missouri |
| Quality of Research Discovery Award |
Scott Irwin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Honorable Mention: Sherzod Akhundjanov |
| Quality of communication Award | Johan Swinnen |
| AAEA Mentoring Award | Lisa House, University of Florida |
| Publication of Enduring Quality Award | Nigel Key, USDA |