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EERI's Student Awards Committee offers an annual Graduate Student Paper Award from Earthquake Spectra. This competition encourages the active involvement of students in earthquake engineering and the earthquake hazards community and allows emerging experts to share their research. Since January 2018, papers with graduate student first authors published in each volume of Earthquake Spectra have been eligible for the competition. The submitted papers may have any number of authors, but the first author must be a graduate student researcher at the time of first submission. Papers undergo the normal peer-review process for Earthquake Spectra, and published papers are then reviewed by the Student Awards Committee to determine the winner. The authorship team wins the award, and at least one co-author should be designated to accept the award on behalf of the research team at the EERI annual meeting.

The EERI Younger Member Award is awarded to recognize early-career members of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute who have made outstanding contributions to EERI and the pursuit of its objectives in the early stages of their career. The award particularly emphasizes contributions that have improved opportunities for and increased the impact of younger members within the Institute. This annual award is designed to honor young professionals who are employed for five or fewer years in their field and have demonstrated exceptional commitment to advancing earthquake resilience and the mission of EERI. Recipients receive recognition at the EERI Annual Meeting and support for their participation in the event.