National Space Grant Distinguished Service Award Nomination Form

National Space Grant Distinguished
Service Award Nomination Form


The NSGC Distinguished Service Award was established to recognize individuals whose life and career have had an enduring impact in a science, engineering, or education field that is related to Space Grant and/or NASA endeavors. When submitting a nomination please consider the following:

  1. The candidate’s connection to the Space Grant mission. Although other submissions will be considered, candidates who are involved in science, engineering, or education fields in the U.S. and whose work was directly tied to NASA endeavors will be given preference.
  2. The candidate’s contribution to this mission. Did the candidate go above and beyond their nominal career responsibilities. Was their contribution outside the normal scope of their responsibilities.
  3. The impact of the candidate’s contributions, i.e., an estimate of the number of students, faculty and/or the public impacted by these contributions and the extent of that impact, e.g., statewide, regional or across the entire U.S.
  4. Mention any known endeavors the candidate has made to be inclusive of all students, faculty and the public, particularly under-represented and under-served groups.
  • Information on Nominator

  • Information on Nominee

  • Please provide a detailed statement setting forth the basis for this nomination. This statement should be in paragraph form and not be a list of links to websites. Please limit your statement to 4000 characters or less.

If this nominee is selected for the award you will be asked for the following information:

  • First draft of a citation for use on the Foundation website and in the award ceremony handout materials.
  • Recommendation on the method of contacting the awardee