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Charles Stark Draper Prize
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<p>The U.S. <a href="/facts/National_Academy_of_Engineering/6RCqfvXM">National Academy of Engineering</a> annually awards the Draper Prize, which is given for the advancement of engineering and the education of the public about engineering. It is one of three prizes that constitute the "Nobel Prizes of Engineering"—the others are the Academy's <a href="/facts/Russ_Prize/gmy3yBQy">Russ</a> and <a href="/facts/Gordon_Prize/JRA8c2d1">Gordon Prizes</a>. The Draper Prize is awarded biennially and the winner of each of these prizes receives $500,000. The Draper prize is named for <a href="/facts/Charles_Stark_Draper/q284y0cg">Charles Stark Draper</a>, the "father of <a href="/facts/Inertial_navigation/UzUTMhK2">inertial navigation</a>", an <a href="/facts/MIT/Xk49vNA8">MIT</a> professor and founder of <a href="/facts/Charles_Stark_Draper_Laboratory/prxprY9L">Draper Laboratory</a>. </p>