This award is named in memory of Hugo G. Beigel, a founding member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and Editor of the Society's Journal, The Journal of Sex Research, for 13 years. The award is designed to promote and reward research excellence in sexology; the recipient is the author of the best article published during the year in The Journal of Sex Research. The Beigel award is funded by the Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.

Award Recipients
1981- Donald L. Mosher, Ph.D., and Barbara White
1982 - Michael Ross, Ph.D.
1983 - Victor Malatesta, Ph.D., Robert Pollack, Ph.D., Terry Crotty, Ph.D., and Lelon J. Peacock, Ph.D.
1984 - David Weis, Ph.D.
1985 - Bernard Apfelbaum, Ph.D.
1986 - Barry Singer, Ph.D.
1987 - Richard C. Pillard, M.D., and James D. Weinrich, Ph.D.
1988 - Beverly Whipple, R.N., Ph.D., and Barry R. Komisaruk, Ph.D.
1993 - Aaron Devor, Ph.D.
1994 - Jacqueline Boles, Ph. D., and Kirk Elifson
1995 - Diane Binson, Stuart Michaels, Ron Stall, Thomas J. Coates, John H. Gagnon, and Joseph A. Catania
1996 - Cindy Struckman-Johnson, David Struckman-Johnson, Lila Rucker, Kurt Bumby and Stephen Donaldson
1997 - Alfred DeMaris
1998 - John J. Potterat, Richard B. Rothenberg, Stephen Q. Muth, William W. Darrow and Lynanne Phillips-Plummer
1999 - Janine Zweig, PhD, Lisa Crockett, PhD, Judith Vicary, PhD, Aline Sayer, PhD
2000 - Erick Janssen, PhD, Walter Everaerd, PhD, Mark Spiering, MA, Jeroen Janssen, MA
2001 - No Award Given
2002 - Erick Janssen, PhD, Harrie Vorst, PhD, Peter Finn, PhD, John Bancroft, MD
2003 - Virginia Cain, Catherine Johannes, Nancy Avis, Beth Mohr, Miriam Schocken, Joan Skurnick, Marcia Ory
2004 - Les Whitbeck, Ziaojin Chen, Dan Hoyt, Kimberly Tyler, Kurt Johnson
2005 - Patricia Barthalow Koch, Ph.D., Phyllis Kernoff Mansfield, Ph.D., Debra Thurau, M.S. and Molly Carey, B.S.
2006 - Juliet Richter, Ph.D., Richard de Visser, Ph.D., Chris Rissel, Anthony Smith
2007 - Zoë D. Peterson, Ph.D., Charlene L. Muehlenhard, Ph.D.
2008 - Julie M. Albright, Ph.D.