National Academy of Engineering - Major Prizes

Major Prizes

The Academy annually awards three prizes, with each recipient receiving $500,000. The three prizes are the Bernard M. Gordon Prize, the Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize, and the Charles Stark Draper Prize. They are sometimes referred to collectively as the American version of a Nobel Prize for engineering.

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