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Celebrating Excellence Nominations - Now accepting 2013 nominations. Submission deadline is 31 March 2013. 

  1. Review award categories.
  2. Identify qualified candidates.
  3. Assemble documentation.
  4. Submit nominations.

Fellow Member Nomination - Now accepting 2013 nominations. Submission deadline is 30 April 2013.

  1. Select a nominee. Carefully select and pre-qualify candidates.
  2. Verify that the nominee is qualified. Staff can validate length of membership and grade.
    • A Senior Member
    • At least five years of ISA membership.
    • Ten years of active work in instrumentation.
    • An outstanding engineering or scientific contribution.
    • Current ISA Executive Board members are not eligible for Fellow grade election.
  3. Identify qualified and eligible evaluators.
    • Each candidate must be evaluated by a minimum of five Fellow Members or a combination of nine Fellows and Senior Members. Preference should be given to Fellows when selecting evaluators. Refer to the list of Fellows By Expertise.
    • All evaluators must be current ISA members.
    • Evaluators should come from a wide geographical area with a balanced mix of relationships to the candidate (co-worker, subordinate, superior, customer, competitor, etc.) as well as a balanced mix of recognized authorities in the automation field and in the candidate’s field of specialization.
    • It is not essential for the evaluator to know the candidate personally.
    • The evaluator’s assessment should augment and reinforce the nomination.
    • Current ISA Executive Board Members and Admissions Committee Members are not eligible to serve as evaluators.
  4. Send Evaluator Form to selected evaluators with instructions and deadline for completion. A sample cover letter is provided for your convenience.
  5. Complete the designated nomination form.
  6. Thoroughly document attainments of candidates. Documentation should not be a job description or summary of the nominee’s job performance. Accomplishments may take many forms, including: published technical papers, research, patents, innovative practices, books, education programs and activities, engineering projects, technical leadership. Society service is NOT a consideration for elevation to Fellow grade.
  7. Collect completed evaluations and submit with nomination form by the established deadline. Please note that a complete nomination includes the nomination form along with the appropriate number of completed evaluations. Submit by email to Debbie Eby (deby@isa.org) or send by mail to ISA, Attn: Debbie Eby, PO Box 12277, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 USA.