The Niels Bohr International Gold Medal is an international engineering award. It has been awarded since 1955 for "outstanding work by an engineer or physicist for the peaceful utilization of atomic energy". The medal is administered by the Danish Society of Engineers (Denmark) in collaboration with the Niels Bohr Institute and the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences. It was awarded 10 times between 1955 and 1982 and again in 2013. The first recipient was Niels Bohr himself who received the medal in connection with his 70th birthday. 2013 laureate Alain Aspect, regarded as an outstanding figure in optical and atomic physics, was awarded the medal for his experiments on the Bell's inequalities test. It was presented on 7 October 2013 by Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik at a special event at the Honorary Residence in the Carlsberg Academy. Recipients The following scientists have been awarded the Niels Bohr Medal: Niels Bohr, 1955 John Cockcroft, 1958 George de Hevesy, 1961 Pyotr Kapitsa, 1965 Isidor Isaac Rabi, 1967 Werner Karl Heisenberg, 1970 Richard P. Feynman, 1973 Hans A. Bethe, 1976 Charles H. Townes, 1979 John Archibald Wheeler, 1982 Alain Aspect, 2013 Jens Nørskov, 2018 Ewine van Dishoeck, 2022 See also UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal List of engineering awards List of physics awards References Awards established in 1955 Danish science and technology awards Physics awards 1955 establishments in Denmark