1923-1927
Susan Minot Lane Scholarship in Design

1937
General Education Board Fellowship to study in Paris at the Academie Julian

1941
Robert Woods Bliss Award for Landscape for Indian Shops Gay Head, Massachusetts

1942
Atlanta University award for watercolor painting Old House Near Frederick, Virginia

1946
One of 12 women to receive Women of 1946 award from the National Council of Negro Women

1949
John Hope Prize for Landscape for Ville d'Houdain, Pas-de-Calais
Award from the Corcoran Gallery of Art for Petite Ville en hautes-Pyrenées

1952
Atlanta University award for Impass de l'Oratorie, Grasse, France 

1953
Oil painting award for Coin de la Place Maubert, Paris from Corcoran Gallery of Art

1954
Awarded Diplome et Decoration de L’Ordre National “Honneur et Merite au Grade de Chevalier” [Chevalier of the National Order of Honor and Merit] from the government of Haiti

1955
Special exhibit of Lois’ work and reception in honor of state visit of President and Mrs. Magliore of Haiti at Pan American Union, Washington, DC

1958
Award for design of publication Voici Hätii

1960
Atlanta University award for Voodoo Worshippers, Haiti
America's National Museum of Art award for Fishing Smacks, Menemsha, Massachusetts

1962
Elected Fellow of The Royal Society For the Encouragement of Arts in London
Franz Bader Award for Oil Painting from National Museum of Art for Peasants on Parade

1968
Receives Howard University “The Black Visual Arts” Research Grant

1970
Receives second Howard University “The Black Visual Arts” Research Grant

1973
Receives Howard University “Women Artists of the Caribbean and Afro-American Artists” Research Grant
Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from Colorado State Christian College
“Reflective Moments,” major retrospective at Museum of Fine Arts was museum’s first African American solo show, and was attended by 27,000 people

1975
Howard University Fine Arts Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching

1978
Award of Appreciation from the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History

1980
Honored by President Jimmy Carter at the White House for “Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Visual Arts”

1981
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Suffolk University

1986
Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston

1987
Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Howard University

1989
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from The Atlanta College of Art

1993
Recognized at Harvard University for service as 1992-1993 Visiting Artist

1996
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the Corcoran School of Art

2010
Recongized by Congressman Charles Rangel on exhibition “Lois Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant Color” at the National Museum of Women in the Arts

2013
“Lois Mailous Jones: A Life in Vibrant Color” exhibited at twelve art museums in United States from 2009-2013

AWARD DOCUMENTS

Recognition for service as 1992-1993 Visiting Artist at Harvard University

Recognition by Congressman Charles Rangel on exhibition “Lois Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant Color”

Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the Corcoran School of Art