R&D 100 Awards

The R&D 100 awards are among the most visible awards received by Laboratory scientists for external audiences. This is one of the ways we show the world the breadth of our technology impact.
—Duncan McBranch, PADSTE Deputy

Since 1995, winning innovations have returned more than $45 million in funding to Los Alamos in the form of CRADAs, Work for Others, User Facility Agreements and licenses. More than 80 patent awards have been associated with winners with many more patents pending. Twenty-five percent of LANL's commercial licenses and 35 percent of noncommercial licenses can be attributed to R&D 100 winners.

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Los Alamos R&D 100 Winner Facts
Total Awards Since 1978* through 2009 113
2009 R&D 100 Entries	LANLtoday
2008 R&D 100 Entries	CURRENTS
2007 R&D 100 Entries	LANL NewsLetter (pdf)
2006 R&D 100 Entries	LANL NewsLetter (pdf)
2005 R&D 100 Entries	LANL NewsLetter (pdf)
2004 R&D 100 Entries	LANL NewsBulletin
2003 R&D 100 Entries	LANL NewsLetter (pdf)
2002 R&D 100 Entries	LANL NewsLetter (pdf)
2001 R&D 100 Entries	Dateline (pdf)
2000 R&D 100 Entries	Dateline (pdf)
1999 R&D 100 Entries	Dateline (pdf)
1998 R&D 100 Entries	Dateline (pdf)
1997 R&D 100 Entries	Dateline (pdf)
1996 R&D 100 Entries	Dateline (pdf)
1995 R&D 100 Entries	Dateline (pdf)
*First year Los Alamos entered the competition