Luigi G. Napolitano Award

The Luigi G. Napolitano Award is presented every year at the International Astronautical Congress. Luigi Gerardo Napolitano was an engineer, scientist and professor.

The award has been presented annually since 1993, to a young scientist, below 30 years of age, who has contributed significantly to the advancement of the aerospace science and has given a paper at the International Astronautical Congress on the contribution.

The Luigi G. Napolitano Award is donated by the Napolitano family and it consists of the Napolitano commemorative medal and a certificate of citation, and is presented by the Education Committee of the IAF.

The International Academy of Astronautics awards the Luigi Napolitano Book Award annually.

Winners

 * 1993 Shin-ichi Nishizawa 🇯🇵
 * 1994 Ralph D. Lorenz 🇬🇧
 * 1995 O.G.Liepack 🇩🇪
 * 1996 W. Tang 🇨🇳
 * 1997 G.W.R. Frenken
 * 1998 Michael Donald Ingham
 * 1999 Chris Blanksby 🇦🇺
 * 2000 Frederic Monnaie 🇫🇷
 * 2001 Noboru Takeichi 🇯🇵
 * 2002 Stefano Ferreti 🇮🇹
 * 2003 Veronica de Micco 🇮🇹
 * 2004 Julie Bellerose 🇺🇸
 * 2005 Nicola Baggio 🇮🇹
 * 2006 Carlo Menon 🇮🇹
 * 2007 Paul Williams 🇦🇺
 * 2008 Giuseppe Del Gaudio 🇮🇹
 * 2009 Daniel Kwom 🇺🇸
 * 2010 Andrew Flasch 🇯🇵
 * 2011 Nishchay Mhatre 🇮🇳
 * 2012 Valerio Carandente 🇮🇹
 * 2013 Sreeja Nag 🇺🇸
 * 2014 Alessandro Golkar 🇮🇹
 * 2015 Koki Ho 🇯🇵
 * 2016 Melissa Mirino 🇮🇹
 * 2017 Akshata Krishnamurthy 🇺🇸
 * 2018 Peter Z. Schulte 🇺🇸
 * 2019 Hao Chen 🇨🇳
 * 2020 Elizabeth Barrios 🇺🇸
 * 2021 Federica Angeletti 🇮🇹
 * 2022 Julia Briden 🇺🇸