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NAUI Awards & Scholarships
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Awards Procedures |
General
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Unless otherwise noted, awards are available for annual presentation. Nominations
for any award may be submitted at any time before deadline of December 31 of each
year, and should be sent to NAUI HQ, Attn: Awards Committee, for appropriate action.
At the end of this section is an Award Nomination Form to assist in preparing a
successful nomination.
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Awards are usually presented at an Annual Awards Ceremony, in conjunction with a
special event. Upon request of the recipient, awards may be presented at special
events, such as dive trade or consumer shows, in order to honor recipients in their
own venue.
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Award Descriptions
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NAUI Hall of Honor
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Criteria
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Awarded to individuals who:
- are certified as a NAUI Instructor at least 20 years before the date of induction.
- have made outstanding contributions to the development of diving education, especially
to NAUI
- have performed service in the development of new NAUI Leaders
- have performed service to NAUI in conferences and seminars
- have performed service to NAUI in committees
- have made significant contributions to NAUI's growth and stature
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Nomination: by any NAUI member
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Outstanding Training Support Award
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Criteria
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Awarded to individuals who:
- are certified NAUI Assistant Instructors, Divemasters, Skin Diving Instructors,
- and have maintained continuous membership for min. 5 or 10 years,
- and were regular participants in and support of NAUI training programs.
- Selection for this award is automatic upon nomination with the provision that the
nominee is a current NAUI member in good standing.
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Nomination: by NAUI Instructors assisted
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Outstanding Service Award
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Criteria
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Awarded to NAUI Members who:
- Distinguish themselves for outstanding service provided to the association in any
given year or combination thereof.
- Performed service in the development of new NAUI Leaders
- Performed service to NAUI in conferences and seminars
- Performed service to NAUI in committees
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Nomination: by any NAUI member
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Continuing Service Award
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Criteria |
NAUI members who have previously received an Outstanding Service Award and continued
to distinguish themselves through further service to the association as described
for the Outstanding Service Award.
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Nomination: by any NAUI member
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Honorary Membership
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Criteria
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Awarded to individuals who:
- are not members of NAUI, but have made significant, long-term contributions to the
fields of sport diving, marine conservation, or marine education
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Nomination: by any NAUI member
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Albert Pierce Medal for Heroism
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Criteria |
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Any person is eligible who:
- Successfully saved a life in an aquatics-related situation, and
- Voluntarily exposed him/herself to grave personal risk of life, limb or continued
health during the effort, and
- Made a rescue effort clearly beyond the call of any explicit or implied duty. This
is a key criterion that is intended to distinguish the actions needed for the award
from those efforts normally expected and required of a NAUI Instructor in caring
for students and divers in his or her vicinity, or for his or her personal students.
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Nomination: by any NAUI member or by the rescued person involved
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Environmental Enrichment Award
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Criteria
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Awarded in 2 categories:
- one to recognize the efforts of an individual,
- and one to recognize organizational entities
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Awarded for:
- work that has caused an important and recognizable improvement in the aquatic environment,
- provides significant protection for the aquatic environment,
- or educates and inspires others to protect and conserve the aquatic environment.
- actions affecting the aquatic environment may include any efforts that improve or preserve any part of the global hydrologic cycle.
- for work or efforts completed either on a professional or volunteer basis, so long as the caliber of the activities warrants the award.
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A recipient may only receive the award once. The award may recognize one event, or lifetimes of achievement.
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Nomination: By any NAUI member or past recipient. The nomination is to be in writing, and should identify the nominee, describe their efforts, state how they improved the aquatic environment, include contact information, and the category of the nomination
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Dr. Charlie Brown Memorial Award
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Criteria
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Awarded to any individual, whether a member of NAUI or not, who:
- service to diving that was/is voluntary and non-profit.
- persons professionally employed in diving are not normally eligible.
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Nomination: Any individual or entity may make nominations.
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For all All NAUI Instructors, Divemasters, Assistant Instructors, Skindiving Instructors
and Affiliate Stores, our annual call for nominations for NAUI's awards and scholarship
programs for the current year is now on! The deadline for submissions is 31 December.
We solicit your nominations for these prestigious awards each year.
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Click here for the NAUI Award Nomination Form
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Following is a list of NAUI Members and the awards they have received. You will
find awards from as far back as 1974 in this section.
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