Bocarsly has been recognized with the following awards.
* Sloan Research Fellow (1986)
* American Chemical Society, EXXON Solid State Chemistry Fellowship (1984)
* The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Newly Appointed Faculty Grant (1980)
* DuPont Young Faculty Grant (1980)
* Sigma Pi Sigma - National Physics Honor Society
* President's Undergraduate Research Fellowship UCLA (1975)