2016 AISES Professional Awards Call for Nominations

Post Date: April 15 2016

The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) is proud to announce that nominations are being accepted for the 2016 AISES Professional Awards.

The AISES Professional Awards were established in order to:

  • provide recognition for outstanding American Indian and Alaska Native professionals in science, engineering and technological related disciplines.
  • Assist with the advancement of American Indian and Alaska Native professionals, role models and future leaders.

The nomination categories are:

Executive Excellence: The nominee must be an experienced upper-level manager or a well- established engineer, scientist, professional, or academician who has significant organizational and budget responsibilities.

Technical Excellence: The nominee must have made significant contributions to science, engineering or technology by having participated in the research, design and/or development of products, services, systems or intellectual property.

Most Promising Engineer or Scientist: The nominee must have less than five years of profession- al experience after earning his/her last degree and the candidates’ early technical contributions should indicate a promising career.

Blazing Flame: As embedded in the AISES logo, the Blazing Flame Award is presented to an individual who blazes a path for Native Americans in STEM careers.  This award recognizes individuals with 10+ years of professional experience with significant accomplishments in advancing STEM education and careers. The nominee may or may not have a technical background.

Based on the overall evaluation of the categories, the most outstanding of all nominees will be selected as the AISES Professional of the Year. From the remaining nominees, and award recipient will be selected for each nomination category.

All recipients will be honored at the 2016 AISES National Conference November 10-12, 2016 in Minneapolis, MN

Application Postmark Deadline June 30, 2016

For more information see: 

http://www.aises.org/content/aises-professional-awards-program