The Shoulder-Gray-Spindt award since 1999:
past SGS awardees
| IVMC 1999 | David Garner, University of Cambridge | Microtriode |
| IVMC 2000 | Bernd Günther, University of Wuppertal | Comparison of field emission from diamond and AlN coated Si tips |
| IVMC 2001 | Jim Carey, Harvard University | |
| IVMC 2002 | Ioannis Kymissis, MIT | Field emission from organic composites |
| IVMC 2003 | K. Murakami, Osaka University | Characteristics of nanoelectron source fabricated using beam assisted processing |
| IVNC 2004 | No awardee | |
| IVNC 2005 | No awardee | |
| IVNC 2006 | Kazufumi Shiozawa, Shizuoka University | Fabrication and characteristics of novel graphite field-emitters for application to electron- beam pumped light sources |
| IVNC 2007 | Karthik Subramanian, Vanderbilt University | Development of a vacuum packaged nanodiamond lateral field emission device |
| IVNC 2008 | K. Murakami, Osaka University | Observation of fringe-like electron emission pattern from radical-oxygen gas exposed Pt field emitter fabricated by electron-beam-induced deposition |
| IVNC 2009 | No awardee | |
| IVNC 2010 | Jonathan Jarvis, Vanderbilt University | Resonant tunneling and extreme brightness from diamond field emitters and carbon nanotubes |
| IVNC 2011 | Akifumi Koike, Shizuoka University | A functional tiny electron gun for a true microcolumn |
| IVNC 2012 | Jin-Woo Jeong, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Korea | A dramatic improvement in the lifetime of the fully vacuum-sealed micro-focusing X-ray tube for stationary digital breast tomosynhtesis |
| IVNC 2013 | Alex A. Patterson, MIT | Elementary framework for cold field emission from quantum-confined metal emitters |
| IVNC 2014 | Chiwon Lee, Paul Scherrer Institut and Max Planck Institut | Field emission beam characteristics of a double-gated single nanoemitter |
| IVNC 2015 | ShiJun Liang, Singapore University of Technology and Design | Novel mechanisms of thermionic, field and photo-electric emissions from graphene |
| IVNC 2016 | Gongtao Wu, Peking University | Graphene-based micro-emitters and vacuum transistors |
| IVNC 2017 | Iman Rastegar Alam, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research | In-situ work function measurements in thermoelectric generators |
| IVNC 2018 | No awardee | |
| IVNC-IVESC 2019 | Christoph Langer, OTH Regensburg | Field emission electron source chip for sensor applications fabricated by laser micro machining |
| IVNC 2020-Virtual | No awardee | |
| IVNC 2021-Virtual | Pooja Thakkar, Paul Scherrer Institut | Voltage-controlled three-electron-beam interference by a three-element Boersch phase shifter with top and bottom shielding electrodes |