1929 Harnack Medal of the Kaiser-Wilhelm Gesellschaft 1930: Adlerschild des Deutschen Reiches 1930: Honorary doctor of the Universität Wien 1933: Honorary member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina 1951: Commander's Cross of the Federal Republic of Germany 1960: Change of the name of the former Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße in Berlin-Steglitz to Schmidt-Ott-Straße