Leader of the program group received Matija Marko's prize by the Slovene Ethnological Society for his lifetime achievemnts
E.01 National awards
Leader of the program group received Gourmand Award "Best in 20 Years: 1995-2014" for his book on coffee and coffee-houses.
E.02 International awards
In 2014 Mirjam Mencej was granted a Humboldt Fellowship for a research stay at the Institute Enzyklopädie des Märchens, Academy of Science, Göttingen, Germany (8 February 2012- 8 March 2015).
E.02 International awards