The Northeast Region is now accepting nominations for its 2009 awards. Nomination forms are available at http://www.flcnortheast.org/awards.html. The deadline to submit nominations is Tuesday, June 30, 2009, and the awards will be presented in September 2009 at the Northeast regional meeting in Princeton, New Jersey.

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 the 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 who is not a direct employee of a government-owned and government-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 non-federal entities. The individual selected for this award will be the Northeast Region's nominee for the national FLC's Outstanding Service Award.

• Industry/Non-Federal Government/University Award
  This award is presented to an American-owned company, a non-federal government entity, or 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 employee(s) who have accomplished outstanding work in the process of transferring federally developed technology to the marketplace. The winners of this award will be nominated for the national FLC Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer.