The following PLANS Best Paper Awards were presented during the PLANS 2006 Awards Luncheon.

• Walter R. Fried Memorial Award for Best Paper at PLANS - $750
  F. Goldenberg, Geomagnetic Navigation Beyond the Magnetic Compass
  
  
• Best Track Paper - $100
  Track A: M. Miller T. Nguyen, and C. Yang, Symmetric Phase-Only Matched Filter (SPOMF) for Frequency-Domain Software GNSS Receivers
  Track B: J. Wendel, O. Meister, R. Mönikes, and G.F. Trommer, Time-Differenced Carrier Phase Measurements for Tightly Coupled GPS/INS Integration
  Track C: D. Lawrence, R.B. Langley, D. Kim, F-C. Chan, and B. Pervan, Decorrelation of Troposphere Across Short Baselines
  Track D: D.E. Gustafson, J.M. Elwell, and J.A. Soltz, Innovative Indoor Geolocation Using RF Multipath Diversity
  
  
• Best Student Paper - $400
  D.B. Jourdan, N. Roy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Optimal Sensor Placement for Agent Localization

Awards were presented to the lead authors of the best paper. The selection criteria included: technical content, innovation, importance and timeliness of the subject matter; and conciseness, clarity and completeness of the written material. Additionally, papers must be present in the PLANS proceedings to receive an award.