The Northeast Region is now accepting nominations for its 2010 awards. The deadline to submit nominations is Thursday, July 29, 2010, and the awards will be presented in September 2010 at the Northeast regional meeting in West Point, New York. Nomination packages are now available online in MS Word and PDF formats.

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's 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 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's Outstanding Service Award.

Industry/Non-Federal Government/University Award

This award is presented to an American-owned company, nonfederal 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's Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer.