Józef Piłsudski Institute of America is the winner of the Annual Award "Curator of National Remembrance" granted by the Institute of National Remembrance in Poland. This Award is being granted since 2002 to ..."organizations, institutions, and those individuals, who are particularly involved in the commemoration of the history of the Nation in the years 1939  - 1989"... In the past years awardees of this prize were: Professor Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, Professor Janusz Kazimierz Zawodny, Professor Elzbieta Zawadzka, Professor Tomasz Strzebosz, Pawel Jasienica, and others. More about this Award on the Institute of National Remembrance webpage.

The Award was presented to the Institute on June 16, 2009 in the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland. The Prize was also won by:

• Eugenia Maresch
• Rev. Czesław Wala
• Ludwik Jerzy Rossowski
• The Editorial Committee of „Zeszyty Historyczne”
• Jozef Pilsudski Institute in London