The NSPE Industry Professional Development Award is presented to the nominated industrial employer of engineers that has made outstanding contributions to the advancement and improvement of the engineering profession through its employment policies and practices. The purpose of the award is to recognize those companies with the best engineering employment practices, and to encourage all companies to adopt progressive policies and practices. Excluded are organizations as consulting firms, educational institutions, construction contractors, and government agencies. Nominations for the award must be originated by local chapters or practice divisions of an NSPE-affiliated state society.
Nominations are to be forwarded through the state society for review and recommendation.
A state society may submit only one nomination for the NSPE Industry Professional Development Award. If the nominated company has facilities in more than one location, the nomination may be submitted by any chapter or state society in whose area the company has such facilities involving engineering. The size of the company's engineering staff will not be considered by the Professional Development Awards Committee in its selection. The size of the company's engineering staff will not be considered by the Professional Development Awards Committee in its selection. If the nominated company has facilities in more than one location, the nomination may be submitted by any chapter or state society in whose area the company has such facilities involving engineering.