The Society honors two membership categories and currently gives five yearly prizes or awards.
- Coleopterists Society Honorary Members
- Coleopterists Society Life Members
- Ross Taylor Bell and Joyce Rockenbach Bell Research Grant
- Graduate Student Research Enhancement Award (GSREA)
- Undergraduate Travel Award
- J.G. Edwards Prize
- Jean Theodore Lacordaire Prize
- Outstanding Paper of the Year Award
- Youth Incentive Award