The HENAAC Awards

Honor Excellence in Your Organization and Nominate Your Colleagues – or Yourself – for a 2025 HENAAC Award from GMiS!

For 37 years, GMiS has recognized the achievements of America’s top engineers and scientists. These STEM leaders, innovators and champions represent the best and brightest minds our nation has to offer. Their achievements are made at the highest levels of academia, government, military and corporate America. Winners receive their award at the HENAAC Awards show, a black tie gala event that serves as the climax of the annual GMiS Conference.

These outstanding individuals are evidence that we, as a nation, have what it takes to keep America as the world’s technology leader. Award winners will be recognized at a variety of events during the 37th Annual GMiS Conference, taking place October 2-4, 2025 in San Diego, CA.

Nomination form must be completed with documents uploaded by 11:59 PM Pacific on May 23, 2025.

How to Nominate/Apply

STEP 1: Determine the award best suited for your candidate by reviewing the awards criteria below or in the full Nomination Brochure.

STEP 2: Review the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to ensure you have all the material needed for your nominee. You can also find the FAQs or on pages 5 & 6 of the Nomination Brochure.

STEP 3: Review the Awards Nomination Checklist (page 7 of the Nomination Brochure) to ensure you understand the documents required for a complete nomination. Each document should be in a PDF format and will need to be uploaded separately.

STEP 4: Create a GMiS Access account and enter HENAAC Awards Nominations Portal. You don’t have to wait until all documents are ready to create your account. You can start the process and return over time to add files as you curate them.

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All categories and instructions Described in Detail

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Award Categories

Executive
Excellence

Entrepreneur

Outstanding Technical Achievement

Most Promising
Engineer or Scientist

Professional Achievement I & II

Community
Service

Lifetime
Achievement

Education
Distinction

Special Awards

Seven awards are not part of the nomination and selection process. These “Special Awards” are set aside for extraordinary contributions in each of their categories. These special awards are recommended by the nomination committees as they review the candidates that have been submitted. The exception is the Chairman’s Award which is solely picked by the Chairman of the Board. These prestigious awards are not presented annually. They are only presented when the Selection Committee Chairs have determined that a candidate’s achievements merit this special recognition.

Individuals are not nominated directly for special awards. To be considered for any one of the following special award categories, the nominee must be ranked among the top five candidates in one of the established professional categories. The Selection Committees will forward the nomination package to the Selection Committee Chairs (SCCS) for consideration in one of the following special award categories:

Engineer of the Year

Chairman’s Award

Scientist of the Year

Vanguard Award

Albert V. Baez Award

Pioneer Award

Santiago Rodriguez Diversity & Inclusion Award

Selection Process

All winners and the individuals who nominated them will be notified via telephone and email by the third week of August 2024.

A formal letter of notification with details about the conference, awards show, rehearsals, etc. will be sent by email by the end of August 2024.

The nominators of individuals who did not win will receive letters indicating that their candidates were not selected.