Samara Region Governor’s Award Laureates for outstanding achievements in solving scientific problems including aerospace ones are announced. Not more than 8 awards are given annually.

In 2014 for outstanding results in aerospace problems solving the laureates of the Award became:

- Ravil N. Ahmetov, Doctor of Engineering, First Deputy Director General, General Designer, CSKB Progress Director;

- Valeriy P. Danilchenko, Doctor of Engineering, professor, Chief Designer of the Engineering Centre of the Kuznecov General Design Bureau;

- Vadim V. Salmin, Doctor of Engineering, Space Machinery Department professor, Director of SSAU System Design Scientific-Research Institute.