Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering

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The Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering is a prestigious international award that honors outstanding engineering achievements that significantly benefit society.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf engineering award
international award
science and technology award
administeredBy National Academy of Engineering
alsoKnownAs Draper Prize
awardedFor engineering achievements that significantly benefit society
outstanding engineering achievements
awardingBodyType learned society
benefits recognition of transformative engineering contributions
category engineering
countryOfOrigin United States
currency United States dollar
discipline applied science
eligibility individuals or teams
living engineers
establishedBy National Academy of Engineering
field engineering
firstAwarded 1989
frequency annual
hasLanguage English
hasMotto honoring engineering achievements that benefit humanity
hasStatus active
hasWebsite https://www.nae.edu/awards/draperprize
inception 1988
isOneOf major international engineering prizes
locationOfPresentation Washington, D.C.
monetaryValue 500000 US dollars
namedAfter Charles Stark Draper
namedForField guidance and control engineering
namedForOccupation engineer
notableRecipient Nick Holonyak Jr.
Robert Kahn
Shuji Nakamura
Tim Berners-Lee
Vinton Cerf
organizer National Academy of Engineering
presentedBy National Academy of Engineering
relatedAward Gordon Prize
Russ Prize
scope global
selectionBody National Academy of Engineering selection committee
selectionMethod peer review
sponsor Draper Laboratory
typicalNumberOfLaureatesPerYear 1 to 4

Referenced by (11)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Alan Kay ("Charles Stark Draper Prize")
Frances Arnold ("Charles Stark Draper Prize")
Lawrence G. Roberts ("Charles Stark Draper Prize")
Leonard Kleinrock ("Charles Stark Draper Prize")
Nick Holonyak Jr. ("Charles Stark Draper Prize")
Robert Kahn ("Charles Stark Draper Prize")
Robert Langer ("Charles Stark Draper Prize")
Robert N. Noyce ("Charles Stark Draper Prize")
awardReceived
Draper Prize ("NAE Draper Prize")
alsoKnownAs
National Academy of Engineering
awards
Draper Prize
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