In 2008 the Instituto Superior Técnico created the Professor João Arménio Correia Martins AwardAdvertisement of the Prof. João Martins award Regulation of the Prof. João Martins award to recognize undergraduate students with a solid background in the fields of structural mechanics and computational mechanics. In 2009 the Associação Portuguesa de Mecânica Teórica, Aplicada e Computacional created the Young Researcher Award Professor João Martins. In 2009 the Sociedade Portuguesa de Biomecânica created the Professor João Martins Award to recognize the work of young researchers in the field of biomechanics.
