Robert Scott Thompson has received awards at the following contests
- Concorso Internazionale di Composizione Elettronica Pierre Schaeffer, Pescara (Italy): 2001
- Concorso internazionale Luigi Russolo di musica elettroacustica, Varèse (Italy): 1994
- Concours international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges, Bourges (Cher, France): 1984
- Musica Nova International Competition of Electroacoustic Music, Prague (Czech Republic): 2003, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018