Scientific & Technical Awards
The Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards honor the men, women and companies whose discoveries and innovations have contributed in significant, outstanding and lasting ways to motion pictures. Each year’s honorees are celebrated at a formal dinner held two weeks prior to the Oscar ceremony. The Sci-Tech Awards presentation has become a highlight of the Academy Awards season.
What’s New
2010 Applications
The Entry deadline of July 16, 2010 has now passed and we do not accept late entries. On Friday, August 12th, a list of the items under consideration for Sci/Tech Awards this year will be posted on this site. From August 20 through August 31, we will again open the online entry process accepting ONLY entries with claims of similar technology or prior art to those entries still under consideration.
About the Awards
Recognizing the crucial role of science and technology in the moviemaking process, the Academy has, almost since its inception, honored the achievements of pioneers whose work has advanced the motion picture industry.
History
The first Scientific and Technical Awards were handed out at the 1930–31 Academy Awards ceremony, held on November 10, 1931 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
Past Sci-Tech Awards
2009 Scientific & Technical Awards Ceremony
Actress Elizabeth Banks presented the Scientific & Technical Awards on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills.
