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#### NASA HONOR AWARD NOMINATION

**(Nominations Due to Awards Office, Code 115, Bldg 1, Room 139)**

##### TO: 115/AWARDS OFFICER

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  **NOMINATOR:**                             **CODE/EXT:**   

  **SIGNATURE:**                             **DATE:**       

  **NOMINEE:**                               **AWARD:**      
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> [Please note]{.underline}: The nomination (NASA Form 1644) will be
> shared with the nominee(s). The name of the nominator will not be
> included, although you may want to notify the nominee(s) that you have
> submitted them for an award. For group awards, the person listed as
> "Individual Accepting Award on Behalf of Group" unless otherwise
> noted, will serve as the point of contact for the review.
>
> **[NOTE]{.underline}: If the award is a Public Service Group
> Achievement OR Group Achievement Award, please include a typed list of
> Group Members at the time of submission.**
>
> **[The Center Director is designated to sign NASA Honor Award
> Nomination Forms.]{.underline}**
>
> **Justification cannot exceed the space allotted.**

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**NASA FORM 1644 JUN 94 PREVIOUS EDITIONS ARE OBSOLETE.**

**NASA HONOR AWARDS**

NASA's most prestigious honor awards are presented to a number of
carefully selected individuals and groups of individuals, both
Government and non-Government, who have distinguished themselves by
making outstanding contributions to the NASA mission. Recognition should
be extended to deserving candidates from NASA's total workforce.
Incumbents of all occupational groups and all grade levels are eligible
in accordance with the individual award criteria.

NASA employees and employees of other Federal Agencies may be nominated
for the Distinguished Service, Outstanding Leadership, Exceptional
Achievement, Exceptional Service, Exceptional Scientific Achievement,
Exceptional Engineering Achievement, Equal Employment Opportunity,
Exceptional Bravery and Space Flight Medals as well as the Group
Achievement Award. For this purpose, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
employees are considered NASA employees.

Non-Government personnel may be nominated for the Distinguished Public
Service, Exceptional Scientific Achievement, Exceptional Engineering
Achievement, Public Service, Exceptional Bravery and Space Flight Medals
as well as the Group Achievement Award and Public Service Group
Achievement Award.

**Distinguished Service Medal (DSM)** - is awarded to any person in the
Federal Service who, by distinguished service, ability, or courage, has
personally made a contribution representing substantial progress to the
NASA mission in the interest of the United States. The contribution must
be so extraordinary that other forms of recognition by NASA would be
inadequate. This is the highest honor that NASA confers.

**Distinguished Public Service Medal (DPSM)** - is awarded to any
individual who is not an employee of the Federal Government or was not
an employee of the Government during the period in which the service was
performed. The award is granted only to individuals whose distinguished
accomplishments contributed substantially to the NASA mission. The
contribution must be so extraordinary that other forms of recognition by
NASA would be inadequate. This is the highest honor that NASA confers to
a non-Government individual.

**Outstanding Leadership Medal (OLM)** -- is awarded for notably
outstanding leadership which has had a pronounced effect upon the
technical or administrative programs of NASA. The leadership award may
be given for an act of leadership or for sustained contributions based
on an individual's effectiveness as a leader, the productivity of the
individual's program, or demonstrated ability to develop the
administrative or technical talents of other employees.

**Exceptional Achievement Medal (EAM)** -- is awarded for significant,
specific accomplishment or contribution clearly characterized by a
substantial and significant improvement in operations, efficiency,
service, financial savings, science, or technology which contribute to
the mission of NASA.

**Exceptional Service Medal (ESM)** -- is awarded for significant,
sustained performance characterized by unusual initiative or creative
ability that clearly demonstrates substantial improvements in
engineering, aeronautics, space flight, administration, support, or
space-related endeavors which contribute to the mission of NASA.

**Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (ESAM)** -- is awarded for
unusually significant scientific contribution toward achievement of the
NASA mission. This award may be given for individual efforts which have
resulted in a contribution of fundamental importance in this field or
have significantly enhanced understanding of this field.

1.  Accomplishments are far above others in quality or excellence, rare,
    outstanding, clearly superior achievement.

2.  This is a prestigious scientific award for specific/concrete
    scientific achievement(s).

3.  More credit will be given for recent contribution(s) (except in
    unusual circumstances when a contribution was overlooked at the time
    it occurred).

**NASA FORM 1644** JUN 94 PREVIOUS EDITIONS ARE OBSELETE.

**Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal (EEAM)** -- is awarded for
unusually significant engineering contributions toward achievement of
the NASA mission. This award may be given for individual efforts or
application of engineering principles/methods which have resulted in a
contribution of fundamental importance in this field or have
significantly enhanced understanding of this field.

1.  Accomplishments are far above others in quality or excellence, rare,
    outstanding, clearly superior achievement.

2.  This is a prestigious engineering award for specific/concrete
    engineering achievement(s).

3.  More credit will be given for recent contribution(s) (except in
    unusual circumstances when a contribution was overlooked at the time
    it occurred).

**Equal Employment Opportunity Medal (EEOM)** -- is awarded for
outstanding achievement and material contribution to the goals of NASA's
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) programs either within Government or
within community organizations or groups.

1.  Accomplishments are clearly superior in quality, scope, and impact.

2.  Accomplishments are explicit, demonstrate results, perceived as
    outstanding or significant by peers and impacted target groups.

3.  More credit will be given for recent contribution(s) (except in
    unusual circumstances when a contribution was overlooked at the time
    it occurred).

**Exceptional Bravery Medal (EBM)** -- is awarded for exemplary and
courageous handling of an emergency in NASA activities by an individual
who, independent of personal danger, has acted to prevent the loss of
human life or Government property.

**Public Service Medal (PSM)** -- is awarded to any individual who was
not a Government employee during the period in which the service was
performed. The award is granted for exceptional contributions to the
mission of NASA.

**Space Flight Medal (SFM)** -- is awarded to recognize individual
participation in a Space Transportation System (STS) flight mission to
STS flight crew members (civil and military astronauts, mission
specialists, payload specialists, civilians). Medal is granted for
participation in initial flight. NASA Space Flight Cluster is awarded
for subsequent flight(s).

**Group Achievement Award (GAA)** -- is an award given in recognition of
outstanding accomplishments which has been made through the coordination
of many individual efforts and has contributed substantially to the
accomplishment of the NASA mission. This award may be used to recognize
the accomplishments of either a total Government employee group or as a
team award to a group comprised of both Government and non-Government
personnel.

1.  Groups should be identified and nominated at the lowest level
    possible to assure recognition of true working teams, homogenous
    performance, etc.

2.  Individuals who have made significant, noteworthy contributions
    should be included, and those whose contributions or associations
    are brief, peripheral, or limited should not be included.

3.  Groups should have participated in programs or projects that were
    particularly significant to NASA, not routine events.

**Public Service Group Achievement Award (PSGAA)** -- is an award given
to a group of non-Government employees in recognition of outstanding
accomplishment which has contributed substantially to the NASA mission.

1.  Groups should be identified and nominated at the lowest level
    possible to assure recognition of true working teams, homogenous
    performance, etc.

2.  Individuals who have made significant, noteworthy contributions
    should be included, and those whose contributions or associations
    are brief, peripheral, or limited should not be included.

3.  Groups should have participated in programs or projects that were
    particularly significant to NASA, not routine events.

### AWARD JUSTIFICATION

The award justification must be cogent and cite specific facts,
activities, and accomplishments in support of the nomination and not a
conclusion about the value of a described event. Any additional material
submitted with this nomination form will not be reviewed by the
Incentive Awards Board or its subpanels.