First and Second Onon Prizes: Professor Roberte Hamayon and Professor Charles Ramble

First Onon Prize awarded to Professor Roberte Hamayon

At the 'MIASU @ 30' anniversary celebration event in October 2016, the first 'Onon Prize' was presented by Dr Temujin Onon to Professor Roberte Hamayon (Paris) for her contribution to Mongolian Studies,  The occasion was also used to pay tribute to Urgunge who died at the age of 96 in December 2015.

Second Onon Prize Awarded to Professor Charles Ramble

On 5 December 2018, at the 'Cambridge Mongolia Seminar' event, Professor Caroline Humphrey, on behalf of the MIASU, presented the second Onon Prize to Professor Charles Ramble for his outstanding contributions to Inner Asian Studies.