The Northeast Region is now accepting nominations for its 2008 awards. The deadline to submit nominations is Monday, June 30, 2008, and the awards will be presented at the Northeast regional meeting in Upton, New York, in September 2008.

Awards will be presented in the following categories:

• Regional Coordinator's Excellence Award—Presented to the FLC Laboratory Representative or Alternate in recognition of the individual's significant contribution to the FLC program during the past year. The individual selected for this award will be the Northeast Region's nominee for the national FLC Representative of the Year Award.
• Regional Laboratory Award—Presented to a federal laboratory within the Region in recognition of extraordinary efforts, which exceed legislated requirements, in the furtherance of national and regional technology transfer activities.
• Regional Appreciation Award—Presented to any individual, not a direct employee of a government-owned and operated (GOGO) or a government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO) organization, who has made a significant contribution to the federal technology transfer program. The act, effort, or support must have been for the primary purpose of promoting and/or extending technology transfer from the federal laboratory system to nonfederal entities. The individual selected for this award will be the Northeast Region's nominee for the national FLC Outstanding Service Award.
• Industry/Nonfederal Government/University Award—Presented to an American-owned company, a nonfederal government entity, or a university within each FLC region that has made outstanding efforts to promote either the actual transfer of federal technology transfer or the federal technology transfer program during the 12 months preceding the nomination.
• Excellence in Technology Transfer Award—Presented to laboratory employees who have accomplished outstanding work in the process of transferring federally developed technology to the marketplace. The winners of this award will be the nominated for the national FLC Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer.

The 2008 FLC Northeast Region awards package, which contains additional information on the awards and nomination forms, is available online at www.flcnortheast.org/awards.html.

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