Recognition AwardsThe Out to Innovate (formerly NOGLSTP) Recognition Awards were established as a means of identifying, honoring, and documenting the contributions of outstanding LGBTQ+ science, engineering and technology professionals, as well as corporations, academic institutions, and businesses that support LGBTQ+ professionals in the fields of science and technology. The nomination portal for the 2024 awards is now open. The deadline for 2024 nomination package submissions has been extended to January 31, 2024. There is a link to an on-line nomination form at the end of each award description below. Award DescriptionsWalt Westman AwardNamed after one of NOGLSTP’s founders, this award is the highest national award given to a NOGLSTP Member who has shown dedication and commitment to the advancement of Out to Innovates’s mission. This prestigious award recognizes the unselfish and outstanding contributions of the honoree, whose activities — carried on continuously over a period of years — have brought honor and esteem to the Organization by their very character. The recipient symbolizes, as did Walt Westman, the ideal role model to LGBTQ+ engineers, scientists, and educators today by preaching aloud that “it can be done”. Previous award recipients: Rochelle Diamond (2004); Michael Parga (2006); Christopher Bannochie (2007); Amy Ross (2012); John Burke (2014); Barbara Belmont (2017); Lauren Esposito (2019); Danielle Cherniak (2021) LGBTQ+ Scientist of the Year AwardThis award is reserved for the LGBTQ+ Scientist who has made outstanding contributions to their field, and recognizes the awardee for sustained contributions in design, management, or research. The nomination form should include the technical or societal significance of these contributions or achievements. The nominee need not be well known to the science public at large, and need not be an Out to Innovate member. Previous award recipients: Larry Wagner (2004); Sim Aberson (2005); Kerry Sieh (2006); Carolyn Bertozzi (2007); Arnold Zwicky (2008); James Nowick (2009); Jesse Michael Bering (2010); Bill Hendrix(2011); Martin Lo (2012); Nergis Mavalvala (2014); Matthew McGill (2017); Dannelle Tanner (2018), Jon Freeman (2019), Sean Whelan (2020); Joseph Romano (2021), Jane Rigby (2022), Victoria Orphan (2023) Submit a nomination for the LGBTQ+ Scientist of the Year award here. LGBTQ+ Engineer of the Year AwardThis award is reserved for the LGBTQ+ Engineer who has made outstanding contributions to their field, and recognizes the awardee for sustained contributions in design, production, management, or research. The nomination form should include the technical or societal significance of these contributions or achievements. The nomineee need not be well known to the science/engineering public at large, and need not be an Out to Innovate member. Previous award recipients: Lynn Conway (2005); Peter Ventzek (2006); Tim Gill (2007); Michael Steinberg (2008); Anthony J. Gingiss (2009); Jay Keasling (2010); William Huffman (2011); Charles Lickel (2013); Christine Bland (2014); Wolfgang Sigmund (2017); David Taubenheim (2018), Arianna Morales (2019), Jonathan Dell (2020), Guillermo Díaz-Fañas (2021), Bree Fram (2022), E. David Jansing (2023) Submit a nomination for the LGBTQ+ Engineer of the Year award here. LGBTQ+ Educator of the Year AwardThis award is reserved for the LGBTQ+ Educator who has enabled significant growth for LGBTQ+ students in science or technology – through teaching, counseling, advocacy, role modeling, or other educational roles. The nomination form should include the significance of these contributions or achievements. The nominee need not be well known to the science public at large, need not be an Out to Innovate member, and may be a secondary or post-secondary educator.Previous award recipients: Denice Denton (2006); Karl Mauzey (2007); Michael Falk (2008); Virginia Uribe (2009); Donna Riley (2010); Ron Buckmire (2011); Mark Pope (2012); Timothy Atherton (2014); Anthony Butterfield (2017); Biswajit “Bish” Paul (2018), Benny Chan (2019), Sara Brownell (2020), Miles Ott (2021), Luis Leyva (2022), Ramón S. Barthélemy (2023) Submit a nomination for the LGBTQ+ Educator of the Year award here. National Institution/Organization AwardThese awards are given to the institution/organization which has demonstrated outstanding support for Out to Innovate, its programs and objectives. The selections will be based upon the following criteria:
Previous award recipients: American Association for the Advancement of Science (2004), Univ. Minnesota Queer Science (2020) National Corporate AwardThese awards are given to the corporation or company which has demonstrated outstanding support for Out to Innovate its programs and objectives. The selections will be based upon the following criteria:
Previous award recipient: Raytheon Company (2005) Nomination Procedures
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