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Achievement Award Nomination Material

Rules for All IFT Achievement Awards

  1. The nominee must not have received another IFT Achievement Award (but may have been elected an IFT Fellow or received the Marcel Loncin Research Prize) within the previous three years. (View Past Winners)
  2. Any nonstudent IFT member can make a nomination with four exceptions. (1) Nominations or letters may not come from a juror serving on the same jury. (2) a person cannot self-nominate (3) A person may nominate their own company for the Industrial Achievement Award. (4) Student members can nominate for the Cruess Award.
  3. The nomination must be received by IFT by December 1.
  4. The nomination is handled in confidence. The identity of the awards jury members is confidential.
  5. Unsuccessful nominations will be returned and may be resubmitted in subsequent years.
  6. All material in excess of specified page limits will not be given to the jury. Letters of support from Sections and Divisions are included in these limits, and should be addressed to the Awards Committee.
  7. In any year in which none of the nominees meet the criteria, an award may not be presented.
  8. When two or more people nominate the same person for the same award, the nominators will be contacted and asked to combine their nominations and submit a single nomination to the jury. If there is not enough time to do this, the first nomination received will be sent to the jury for consideration.

Nomination Form (Word)
To make a nomination, please download and complete this form.

NOTE: Be sure to follow the Special Instructions for each award.