Draper Prize
Administered by the National Academy of Engineering, this international prize is the engineering profession's highest honor. It is given annually for engineering achievements that have significantly impacted society by improving the quality of life, providing the ability to live freely and comfortably, and/or permitting access to information. The $500,000 prize can be awarded for achievement in any engineering discipline.
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“What we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it, but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value, then we find
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Whiles it was ours.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)