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class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item usa-current\"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nesc\/nesc-honor-awards\/\">Honor Awards<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NESC Honor Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>NESC Honor Awards are part of our incentive and recognition program.  They are given each year to NASA Center employees, industry representatives, and other stakeholders for their efforts and achievements in the areas of engineering, leadership, teamwork, and communication. These honorary awards formally identify individuals and groups who have made outstanding contributions to NESC\u2019s mission and who demonstrate the following characteristics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Engineering and technical excellence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fostering an open environment<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are five NESC Honor Award categories:<br><br><b>NESC Director\u2019s Award:<\/b> Honors individuals for defending a technical position that conflicts with a Program or Organization\u2019s initial or prevailing engineering perspectives and for taking personal initiative to foster clear and open communication and resolve controversial issues.<br><b>NESC Engineering Excellence Award:<\/b> Honors individuals for making significant engineering contributions, developing innovative approaches, and ensuring appropriate levels of engineering rigor are applied to the resolution of technical issues in support of the NESC mission.<br><b>NESC Leadership Award:<\/b> Honors individuals for sustained leadership excellence demonstrated by establishing a vision, developing and managing a plan, and building consensus to proactively resolve conflicts and achieve results.<br><b>NESC Administrative Excellence Award:<\/b> Honors individual accomplishments that contributed substantially to support the NESC mission.<br><b>NESC Group Achievement Award:<\/b> Honors a team of employees comprising government and non-government personnel. The award is in recognition of outstanding accomplishment through the coordination of individual efforts that have contributed substantially to the success of the NESC mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Honor Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/2022-nasa-engineering-safety-center-honor-awards\/\">2022 Honor Awards Ceremony <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/2021-nasa-engineering-and-safety-center-honor-awards\/\">2021 Honor Awards Ceremony<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/2020-nasa-engineering-and-safety-center-honor-awards\/\" data-type=\"migration\" data-id=\"168881\">2020 Honor Awards Ceremony<\/a><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nesc\/nesc-honor-awards\/2019-nesc-honor-awards\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"168880\">2019 Honor Awards Ceremony<\/a><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nesc\/nesc-honor-awards\/2018-nesc-honor-awards\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"168946\">2018 Honor Awards Ceremony<\/a><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nesc\/nesc-honor-awards\/2017-nesc-honor-awards\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"168945\">2017 Honor Awards Ceremony<\/a><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nesc\/nesc-honor-awards\/2016-nesc-honor-awards\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"168944\">2016 Honor Awards Ceremony<\/a><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nesc\/nesc-honor-awards\/2015-nesc-honor-awards-ceremony\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"168943\">2015 Honor Awards Ceremony<\/a><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nesc\/nesc-honor-awards\/2014-nesc-honor-awards-ceremony\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"168942\">2014 Honor Awards Ceremony<\/a><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nesc\/nesc-honor-awards\/2013-nesc-honor-awards-ceremony\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"168941\">2013 Honor Awards Ceremony<\/a><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nesc\/nesc-honor-awards\/2012-nesc-honor-awards-ceremony\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"168940\">2012 Honor Awards Ceremony<\/a><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nesc\/nesc-honor-awards\/2011-nesc-honor-awards-ceremony\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"168939\">2011 Honor Awards Ceremony<\/a><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nesc\/nesc-honor-awards\/2010-nesc-honor-awards-ceremony\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"168938\">2010 Honor Awards Ceremony<\/a><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nesc\/nesc-honor-awards\/2009-nesc-honor-awards-ceremony\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"168937\">2009 Honor Awards Ceremony<\/a><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nesc\/nesc-honor-awards\/2008-nesc-honor-awards-ceremony\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"168936\">2008 Honor Awards Ceremony<\/a><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nesc\/nesc-honor-awards\/2007-nesc-honor-awards-ceremony\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"168935\">2007 Honor Awards Ceremony<\/a><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nesc\/nesc-honor-awards\/2006-nesc-honor-awards-ceremony\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"168934\">2006 Honor Awards Ceremony<\/a><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nesc\/nesc-honor-awards\/2005-nesc-honor-awards-ceremony\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"168933\">2005 Honor Awards Ceremony<\/a><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nesc\/nesc-honor-awards\/2004-nesc-honor-awards-ceremony\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"168932\">2004 Honor Awards Ceremony<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NESC Honor Awards NESC Honor Awards are part of our incentive and recognition program.  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