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The Eni Award is a prize awarded by the Italian oil and gas company Eni with the aim of encouraging better use of energy sources and increased environmental research. The strict award guidelines and the notable names on the selection committee (including Nobel laureates) make Eni a coveted award. List of Eni award winners include Nobel laureates like Harold W. Kroto and Alan Heeger.

Some websites and magazines have called the Eni award the "Nobel prize of energy research". The scientific committee of the Eni award includes representatives from Stanford University, MIT, Cambridge, University of Stuttgart, Florida State University, University of Pisa, University of Texas at Austin, and others. The annual Eni award was launched in July 2007, foreseen by the group’s Technological Master Plan. The Eni award extends and replaces the Eni-Italgas Prize, previously known as the Italgas Prize, which in 2006 had reached its XIX edition.

Award selection
The award’s Scientific Committee – which has the role of evaluating the candidates and assigning the prizes, is of the highest level and comprises researchers and scientists from some of the world’s most advanced research institutes, and includes Jean-Marie Lehn, Nobel Prize 1987 for Chemistry.

In subsequent years, 78 researchers from 20 countries have been awarded: Italy, Germany, US, Australia, France, Canada, Spain, Norway, Netherlands, Switzerland, UK, Israel, Sweden, South Korea, India, Egypt, South Africa, Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and Ethiopia. Included in the number are three Nobel Prize-winners. More than 7559 researchers from around the world have submitted their research projects, to which should be added the numerous personalities who have guaranteed or been a part of the various evaluation commissions.

The distinguished representatives of the international scientific community who have received the Eni award in the past include Sir Harold W. Kroto, Nobel Prize winner in 1996 for Chemistry; Alan J. Heeger, Nobel Prize 2000 for Chemistry; and Theodor W. Hänsch, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Physics.

2020 recipients
Prizes awarded in 2020 include:


 * The Energy Transition prize was awarded to David T. Allen of the University of Texas for his researches on the highly topical issue of fugitive methane emissions.
 * The Advanced Environmental Solutions prize was awarded to Jürgen Caro and Jörg Kärger, from the Universities of Hanover and Leipzig respectively, for their work leading to the development of micro-imaging techniques for the observation of diffusive molecule flows in nanoporous materials.
 * The Energy Frontiers prize has been awarded to Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao, of the International Centre for Materials Science in Bangalore, for his work on metal oxides, carbon nanotubes and other materials.
 * The Young Researcher of the Year prizes were awarded to Matteo Morciano, who has developed innovative technologies for passive drinking water production using solar energy, and Francesca De Falco, for her research about microplastic pollution.
 * The Young Talents from Africa prizes were awarded to Alaa Abbas and Mohamed Ahmed Ismail Tarek, The American University in Cairo, Egypt and Djalila Ben Bouchta, Cairo University, Egypt. Abbas' proposal relates to the improvement of wastewater treatment and energy production; Tarek will develop a computational model to improve e-waste management; Ben Bouchta proposes a multi-disciplinary approach to the provision of energy services to enable the productive use of energy for female entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa.