• The Mamirauá Institute and partner institutions promote the second edition of the Youth Conservationist Prize in Tefé; the spotted jaguar was chosen as this year’s theme.
• The Institute is awarded the National Biodiversity prize from the Ministry of the Environment for its “Amazonian Manatee Conservation†initiative.
• IDSM receives the IGUi Environmental prize for the “Amazonian aquatic turtles: life adapted to the annual river flooding and drought cycles†initiative.
• Finalist for the Energy Globe Award and the Foundation of Bank Brazil’s Social Technology Prize, 2015 for its “Shared Fisheries Management†initiative.
• Awarded the Fapeam Scientific Journalism Prize, 2015 for the article “Elas na Pescaâ€.
• Finalist for the Professor Samuel Benchimol Prize and the Bank of Amazonia prize for Conscientious Entrepreneurship for the “Aeróstato Remoto de Telecomunicação e Sensoriamento para Inclusão Digital†project.
• Finalist for the "World Responsible Tourism Awards" for its “Pousada Uacari†initiative.
• Awarded the 2015 TOP sustainability prize by the Brazilian Association of Tourism Operators for its “Pousada Uacari†initiative.
• Paula Araujo of the Mamirauá Institute is awarded the “Green Talent†award by the German Ministry of the Environment.
• The institute is a finalist for the Milton Cordeiro Prize of Journalism for its article called 'Mãe perto, ninho protegido'.
• Acknowledgments for papers presented at the 16th Brazilian Primatology Conference occurring from November 9th to the 13th in Manaus: the Liza Veiga Prize awarded to Priscila Maria Pereira one of the authors of the study “Characterization of the slaughter of primates in traditional communities in Central Amazonia and 3rd place (Honorable Mention) to Fernanda Paim, one of the authors of the study “Monitoring of a threatened species of squirrel monkey (Saimiri vanzolinii) in a conservation area in Central Amazoniaâ€.