The Technical Achievement Award is one of three Scientific and Technical Awards given from time to time by the

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. (The other two awards are the Scientific and Engineering Award and the Academy Award of Merit.) The Technical Achievement Award is an honorary award that is given annually to those whose particular technical accomplishments have contributed to the progress of the

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. The award is a certificate, which describes the achievement and lists the names of those being honored for the particular contribution.Skip the first hyperlink ("Technical Achievement Award"), which no longer functions, and instead go to the second hyperlink ("Archived"). These awards are usually given at a dinner ceremony held weeks prior to the

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broadcast and a brief excerpt is shown in the Oscars telecast.

Winners

:''See :Academy Award for Technical Achievement winners.'' The tables below show the honorees as listed in the Academy Awards database.

Winners

1930–1950

1951–1970

1971–1990

1991–2002

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