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Recognising excellence across the global control community

From the Quazza Medal — IFAC's highest honour — through Fellow nominations, the Nichols and Industrial Achievement medals, the Young Author Prize and TC-level awards, IFAC celebrates outstanding contributions across every area of automatic control.

Overview of IFAC Awards

IFAC operates a comprehensive awards program with federation-wide medals, Fellow recognition, prizes for outstanding researchers, and TC-level awards selected across all Coordinating Committees. Most awards are presented at every triennium at the World Congress; selected prizes are awarded annually.
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Awardees Directory

Browse the full set of past and current IFAC awardees in the Affiliates Portal — organized by award and year. When available, the Portal includes citation texts and links to awarded papers..
Affiliates Portal

Browse IFAC awardees

The Portal is gradually fed by past data. It will soon provide the complete searchable directory of every IFAC awardee since 1957.

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Latest from the Awards program

Latest stories from the federation’s awards programme — including TC-level awards and category prizes.

Congress Paper Prizes

IFAC awards several best paper prizes for papers accepted and presented at the World Congresses.

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