Members of the Department of Astrophysics have received a number of awards, grants and honours:
| Year | Department Member | Honour or award |
| 2002 | Paul Groot | NWO-VIDI grant |
| 2002 | Paul Groot | EU-Descartes Prize (Gamma-Ray Bursts) |
| 2003 | Conny Aerts | 26th Prix Paul& Marie Stroobants, Academie Royale Belgique |
| 2004 | Gijs Nelemans | NWO-VENI grant |
| 2005 | Heino Falcke | Academy Prize from the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften |
| 2005 | Else van den Besselaar | RU Frye Stipendium |
| 2006 | Heino Falcke | Miller Visiting Professorship, UC Berkeley |
| 2006 | Gijs Roelofs | NWO Rubicon grant |
| 2006 | Floris Hammer | Huygens Talent grant |
| 2006 | Søren Larsen | NWO-VIDI grant |
| 2008 | Gijs Nelemans | NWO-VIDI grant |
| 2008 | Heino Falcke | ERC Advanced Grant |
| 2008 | Conny Aerts | ERC Advanced Grant |
| 2008 | Haili Hu | RU Frye Stipendium |
| 2009 | Paul Groot | Member KNAW Young Academy |
| 2009 | Jan Kuijpers | Decorated Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion |
| 2009 | Haili Hu | NWO Rubicon grant |
| 2009 | Clancy James | NWO Rubicon grant |
| 2009 | Marijke Haverkorn | NWO-VIDI grant |
| 2009 | Haili Hu | Cum Laude distinction PhD award |
| 2010 | Conny Aerts | Honorary Fellow of the RAS |
| 2011 | Marijke Haverkorn | Joliot-Curie Fellowship |
| 2011 | Heino Falcke | NWO Spinoza Prize |
| 2011 | Evert Glebbeek | NWO-VENI grant |
| 2011 | Silvia Toonen | RU Frye Stipendium |
| 2011 | Conny Aerts | Member Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium |
| 2012 | Conny Aerts | Francqui Prize 2012 |
| Year | PhD student | Supervisor(s) | Current position |
| 2005 | Pui-Kei Fung | prof. J. Kuijpers (at UU) | Researcher KNMI, NL |
| 2006 | Joachim Moortgat | prof. J. Kuijpers | Software development, CA, USA |
| 2006 | Roy Smits | prof. J. Kuijpers | Astron, NL |
| 2007 | Gijs Roelofs | prof. P.J. Groot & dr. G. Nelemans | Centraal Plan Bureau, NL |
| 2007 | Else van den Besselaar | prof. P.J. Groot & dr. T. Augusteijn & dr. Morales-Rueda | KNMI, NL |
| 2008 | Andreas Nigl | prof. J. Kuijpers & prof. H. Falcke | Pilot @ Eurowings |
| 2008 | Sven Lafebre | prof. J. Kuijpers & prof. H. Falcke | UMC St. Radboud, NL |
| 2009 | Stijn Buitink | prof. H. Falcke & prof. J. Kuijpers | Berkeley, USA |
| 2009 | Haili Hu | prof. C. Aerts & dr. G. Nelemans | Cambridge University, UK |
| 2009 | Richard Hijmering | prof.dr. P.J. Groot, dr. D. Martin, dr. P. Verhoeve | SRON Utrecht |
| 2011 | Andreas Obermeier | prof.dr. S. de Jong, prof.dr. D. Müller, dr. J. Hörandel | RWTH Aachen, D |
