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Nominate Your Peers and Colleagues for Technical and Management Awards!

Do you know someone who has made notable contributions to aerospace arts, sciences, or technology? Nominate them now!

All Nominations and References are to be submitted online. Nomination Packages are now being accepted for the awards listed below.

Awards are presented annually, unless otherwise indicated.

Any AIAA member in good standing may submit a nomination. Candidates do not need to be AIAA Members. At least 3 references are to be AIAA members. These references are to submit their endorsement online.

Before preparing a nomination, nominators are reminded to read the award guidelines and verify that the candidate is eligible.

 

AIAA Distinguished Service Award Online Nomination System   AIAA Engineer of the Year Award Online Nomination System   AIAA Lawrence Sperry Award Online Nomination System   AIAA Mary W. Jackson Award Online Nomination System   AIAA Premier Award Online Nomination System   AIAA Premier Lectureships Online Nomination System   AIAA Technical Award Online Nomination System   AIAA Publications Award Online Nomination System   Daniel Guggenheim Award Online Nomination System   AIAA Sustained Service Award Online Nomination System   Walter J. and Angeline H. Crichlow Trust Prize Online Nomination System  

You may use the Word documents below for draft purposes only. To be considered for an award, all nominations and references are to be submitted online in the appropriate portal (above) by the deadline date.

AIAA Distinguished Service Award Nomination Form
AIAA Lectureship Nomination Form
AIAA Mary W. Jackson Award Nomination Form
AIAA Premier Award Nomination Form
AIAA Public Service Award Nomination Form
AIAA Publications Award Nomination Form
AIAA Technical Award Nomination
AIAA-NAE Yvonne C. Brill Lecture in Aerospace Engineering Nomination Form
Daniel Guggenheim Award Nomination Form

If you have any questions, please contact Patricia A. Carr, Director, Honors and Awards at [email protected].


Now Accepting Nominations

Check the Open/Closed dates to find the awards now accepting nominations.

Name Opens Closes
Aeroacoustics Award 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Award 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
Aerodynamics Award 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
Aerospace Communications Award 10 November 2026 15 January 2027
Aerospace Design Engineering Award 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
Aerospace Guidance, Navigation, and Control Award 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
Aerospace Power Systems Award 10 February 2026 1 June 2026
Aerospace Software Engineering Award 10 February 2026 1 June 2026
AIAA / AAAE / ACC Jay Hollingsworth Speas Airport Award
AIAA-ASC James H. Starnes Jr. Award 10 February 2028 1 June 2028
Air Breathing Propulsion Award 10 February 2026 1 June 2026
Aircraft Design Award 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
Ashley Award for Aeroelasticity 10 February 2028 1 June 2028
Atkinson – Ball Survivability Award 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
Chanute Flight Test Award 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
Children’s Literature Award
Daniel Guggenheim Medal 1 March 2027 1 July 2027
David W. Thompson Lecture in Space Commerce 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
de Florez Award for Flight Simulation 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
Distinguished Service Award 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
Dr. John C. Ruth Digital Avionics Award 10 November 2026 15 January 2027
Dryden Lecture in Research Award 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
Durand Lecture for Public Service 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
Elementary (K-6th Grade) Children’s Literature Award 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
Elmer A. Sperry Award 10 July 2023 31 December 2030
Energy Systems Award 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
Engineer of the Year Award 10 January 2027 1 June 2027
F. E. Newbold V/STOL Award 10 July 2027 1 October 2027
Fluid Dynamics Award 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
George M. Low Space Transportation Award
Goddard Astronautics Award 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
Ground Testing Award 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
Haley Space Flight Award 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
Hap Arnold Award for Excellence in Aeronautical Program Management 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
History Manuscript Award
Hypersonic Systems and Technologies 10 July 2027 1 October 2027
Information Systems Award 10 February 2028 1 June 2028
Intelligent Systems 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
International Cooperation Award 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
J. Leland Atwood Award 10 July 2023 31 December 2030
James A. Van Allen Space Environments Award 10 July 2027 1 October 2027
Jeffries Aerospace Medicine and Life Sciences Research Award 10 July 2027 1 October 2027
Lawrence Sperry Award 10 January 2027 1 June 2027
Losey Atmospheric Sciences Award 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
Mary W. Jackson Award 1 March 2027 1 June 2027
Mechanics and Control of Flight Award 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
Microgravity and Space Processes Award 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
Middle/High School (7-12th Grade) Children’s Literature Award 10 February 2028 1 June 2028
Missile Systems Award 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Award 10 July 2027 1 October 2027
Otto C. Winzen Lifetime Achievement Award 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
Pendray Aerospace Literature Award 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
Piper General Aviation Award 10 July 2027 1 October 2027
Plasmadynamics & Lasers Award 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
Propellants & Combustion Award 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
Public Service Award 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
Reed Aeronautics Award 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
Space Automation & Robotics
Space Operations & Support Award
Space Science Award
Space Systems Award 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
Structures, Structural Dynamics, & Materials Award 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
Summerfield Book Award
Sustained Service Award 1 March 2027 1 July 2027
Theodor W. Knacke Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Award 10 July 2027 1 October 2027
Thermophysics Award 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
von Braun Award for Excellence in Space Program Management 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
von Kármán Lecture in Astronautics Award 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
Walter J. and Angeline H. Crichlow Trust Prize 10 February 2030 1 June 2030
William Littlewood Memorial Lecture
Wright Brothers Lecture in Aeronautics Award 10 July 2026 1 October 2026
Wyld Propulsion Award 10 February 2027 1 June 2027
Yvonne C. Brill Lecture in Aerospace Engineering 10 November 2027 15 January 2028