MARINE EDUCATION AWARD

The NMEA Marine Education Award recognizes distinguished performance in marine education at the local, regional, or national level by professionals who are not classroom teachers.

Eligibility: Nominees are not required to be NMEA members. Informal educators only.

Award Considerations: Nominees should have documented contributions to the furthering of marine science through education programs, legislation, and/or leadership. Nominees will be assessed in the following areas:

Leadership in advancing marine science initiatives
Creativity and/or Innovation in introducing marine science into materials, activities, and/or projects/programs
Scale of impact

NOMINATOR INFORMATION

Nominator's Name*

Nominator's Email Address*

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Nominator's Phone Number*

Nominator's Organization/Affliation*

NOMINEE INFORMATION

Nominee's Name*

Nominee's Email Address*

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Nominee's Phone Number*

Nominee's Organization/Affiliation (former organization if nominee is retired)*

Nominee's Current Mailing Address*

AWARD SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

Please complete the follow sections in 250 words or less. Reference optional supplemental documents for more context.

Is the nominee a current member of NMEA? (membership in NMEA is NOT a requirement)*

YES
NO
UNSURE

Briefly describe how the nominee has provided leadership in advancing marine science initiatives.*

Briefly describe how the nominee has demonstrated innovation in introducing marine science into materials, activities, and/or topics in the projects/programs.*

Briefly describe the impact the nominee has had in marine science education.*

Summary Statement

Using your responses from the previous questions, briefly describe why the nominee is deserving of this award. If selected, this narrative will be used during the awards presentation, press releases and other marketing materials. Please limit to 250 words or less.

File Uploads

Photos and supporting files should be .doc, .docx, .pdf, .png or .jpg files and should be named as follows: begin with nominee's name, followed by an indication of the contents (ex: JaneDoeLetterofRecommendation.doc).

Photo of Nominee (.jpg or .png) - 3 files maximum*

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Letters of recommendation (.doc, .docx or .pdf) - 3 files maximum*

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Additional Documents (.doc, .docx or .pdf) - 3 files maximum

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