rose was made a foreign member of the finnish academy of science and letters in 1985, honorary vice president of the political studies association (psa) in 1986, a fellow of the british academy in 1992, an honorary foreign member of the american academy of arts and sciences in 1994, and a fellow of the academy of learned societies for the social sciences in 2000. in 2000, he was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the political studies association. there is also a psa award named after him, the richard rose prize, which is awarded annually to scholar under 40 years of age making a distinctive contribution to the study of british politics. rose was awarded an honorary doctorate by örebro university, sweden, in 2005. he was awarded the lasswell lifetime achievement award, named after harold lasswell, by the policy studies organization in 1999. in 2019, he was elected a fellow of the royal society of edinburgh.