Competition awards
Contestants completing at least the minimum standards for a competition will be ranked and, based on those rankings, the first three places will receive a certificate and a trophy. Also, with the Best Competition Poster Award, we encourage all teams to prepare and present a poster containing details about their systems. Posters will be presented during the conference.

The competition awards are the following:
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Indoor
- 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place Award.
- Best Performance in Dynamic Environments.
- Best Search & Rescue Performance.
- Best MAV design.
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Outdoor
- 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place Award.
- Best Heavy Lift Performance.
- Best Scene Mapping.
- Best Delivery Performance.
- Best Fixed-wing/ Tilt-wing/Tilt-rotor Solution.
- Best MAV design.
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Special Challenges
- Indoor Noise-Free Challenge Award.
- Indoor Noise-Free Best Design.
- Outdoor Surveillance Challenge Award.
- Outdoor Surveillance Best Design.
- Best Competition Poster Award

Best Paper Awards
Based on the reviews of the program committee members, a number of papers will be nominated as candidates for IMAV 2021 Best Paper Awards. After the presentation of the nominated papers, a special committee will select the papers for each category, and the winners will be announced during the closing session of the conference.
A total of three categories are planned for the conference:
- Best Conference Paper.
- Best Technical Paper.
- Best Industrial Application Paper.
- Best Student Paper.

Publication of Selected Papers in International Journals
Based on the quality of the papers and after a thorough evaluation by the IMAV’s international committee, selected Papers and Finalist to the Best Conference Paper Award will be offered publication in one of the following two Journals:
- International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles (the Article Processing Charge will be waived).
- Unmanned Systems.