Dr. Stergiou has also been rewarded with numerous awards and honors. He is the only UNO faculty with a named professorship designed specifically for him; the Distinguished Community Chair in Biomechanics. If he leaves from UNO, this chair position will be called the Stergiou Chair in Biomechanics. Most recently, he earned a Fulbright Scholarship to spend time in Portugal. Dr. Stergiou's funding is a list of sources ranging from the Nebraska Research Initiative to the NSF and the NIH. His most notable award is a P20 grant for $10 million from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the NIH. This is the largest grant in UNO history to date. In 2017, Dr. Stergiou was given the chancellor's Medal for the Commencement in May of that year. Dr. Stergiou was awarded the UNEMED (University of Nebraska Medicine) Innovator of the year in the Department of Biomechanics, along with the Innovation, Development and Engagement Award (IDEA) in 2018 at the University of Nebraska.