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.

Learn more about the new submission process.

As part of our commitment to the transfer of technology beyond the Laboratory, the Tech Transfer Divsion coordinates Laboratory participation in the annual R&D 100 Awards competition. In collaboration with technical staff, TT works with a dedicated professional publications team from the Information Resource Management Division to submit the Laboratory's most innovative technologies to the R&D 100 review panel.

2008 Call for Submissions (pdf)

Comparison Matrix (doc)

In 2006, the Laboratory won five awards. To date (July 2007), Los Alamos has won a total of 105 awards.