For one or more researchers who have made outstanding contributions to Applied Nuclear Science and specially Nuclear Methods and Nuclear Researches in Medicine (investigation, aid to diagnosis and/or therapy)
Period every two years
Award cash and diploma

Prize winners
2009 Prof. Pier Andrea Mandò (Department of Physics, University of Florence and INFN)
for outstanding and seminal contributions to the application of the Ion Beam Analysis techniques in the field of Cultural Heritage studies, favouring the birth of a new interdisciplinary research area that brings together scientific and humanistic skills.

For complete list of winners, visit the NPD website.