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NBEA Award Deadline for 2021-2022, is December 1, 2021
 
Distinguished Service Award for Outstanding Contribution to Business Education by an Administrator or Supervisor of Business Education   Must be primarily engaged in the administration or supervision of a business education program (50% of responsibility must be in an administrative or supervisory function at the major employing institution). The nominee must be a current member of NBEA and have been a member for a minimum of three (3) years and must be present at the annual convention. 

Evaluations are based on the following: 1.)Contributions to business education through administrative and/or supervisory activities. The number of years of experience and evidence of effectiveness in the field should be documented. 2.) Participation and offices held in local, state, regional, and national professional associations. Special activities that resulted in needed change or improvements in the profession. 3.) Development and/or support of education programs that provide unusual opportunities for business education students to benefit from interrelationships with the business community. Evidence of involvement in other programs that display unusual commitment to students and/or teachers through personal or staff contacts, activities, and ongoing support. 4.) Demonstration of efforts to inform citizens of the achievements of business education and of the needs of the program’s future development, contributions to business education through public persuasiveness, and/or support of state and federal legislation designed to advance the purpose of business education.

Collegiate/University Teacher of the Year Award 
The nominee must be primarily engaged in teaching business at the collegiate/university level (including business education). If the nominee has dual responsibilities, at least 50 percent of those responsibilities at the major employing institution must be in teaching. The nominee’s contributions may have been made over an extended period, but the major impact must have occurred within three years prior to the nomination. The nominee must be a current member of NBEA and have been a member for a minimum of three (3) years and must be present at the annual convention.

Evaluations are judged based on the following: 1.) Contributions to business education through teaching, 2.) Participation is held in local, state, regional, and national professional associations. 3.) Contributions to religious, civic, government, cultural and private business organizations. 4.) Contribution through major articles, refereed publications, non-refereed publications, and research activities including grant proposals. 5.) Involvement in other activities.   

Post-Secondary Teacher of the Year Award  
The nominee must be primarily engaged in teaching a business-related topic. Business topics are defined in NBEA’s latest education of the Business Education Standard. For example, teachers teaching technology, marketing, personal finance, accounting, basic business, or other related topics are eligible to apply for the award. If the nominee has dual responsibilities, at least 50 percent of those responsibilities at the major employing institution must be in teaching. The nominee’s contributions may have been made over an extended period, but the major impact must have occurred within three years prior to the nomination. The nominee must be a current member of NBEA and have been a member for a minimum of three (3) years and must be present at the annual convention. 

Evaluations are judged based on the following: 1.) Contributions to business education through teaching, 2.) Participation is held in local, state, regional, and national professional associations. 3.) Contributions to religious, civic, government, cultural and private business organizations. 4.) Contribution through major articles, refereed publications, non-refereed publications, and research activities including grant proposals. 5.) Involvement in other activities.  


Middle School/Secondary Business Teacher of the Year Award 
The nominee must be primarily engaged in teaching a business topic at the secondary level. Business topics are defined as teaching any topic found in NBEA’s latest education of the Business Education Standard. For example, teachers teaching technology, marketing, personal finance, accounting, basic business, or other related topics are eligible to apply for the award. If the nominee has dual responsibilities, at least 50 percent of those responsibilities at the major employing institution must be in teaching. The nominee’s contributions may have been made over an extended period, but the major impact must have occurred within three years prior to the nomination. The nominee must be a current member of NBEA and have been a member for a minimum of three (3) years and must be present at the annual convention.
Evaluations are judged based on the following: 1.) Contributions to business education through teaching, 2.) Participation in local, state, regional, and national professional associations. 3.) Contributions to religious, civic, government, cultural and private business organizations. 4.) Contribution through major articles, refereed publications, non-refereed publications, and research activities including grant proposals. 5.) Involvement in other activities.  NOMINATE SOMEONE FOR THIS AWARD.

The John Robert Gregg Award 
This award is presented each year to an individual who has been widely recognized by colleagues and students as having made outstanding contributions to the advancement of business education. Individuals eligible for this award have been exemplary in business education leadership and active in NBEA for at least a decade.  
NBEA's Council for Business Teaching and Research (CBTR) Awards
Best Doctoral Dissertation Award
ABTR requests nominations for doctoral dissertations and seminal studies related to business education. Research completed during the current year will be submitted and reviewed in the following year and awarded at the next NBEA Award Ceremony at the Annual Convention. NOMINATE FOR THIS AWARD NOW!
 
National Leadership Award
The purpose of the ABTR Leadership Award is to recognize an ABTR member for outstanding leadership and service to the organization and the profession. The awardee will exemplify a commitment to promoting scholarship, leadership, and cooperation among professionals in education for business through leadership at the national level.

Research Conference Best Paper Awards
CBTR's Business Education Research Conference (BERC) is held each spring in conjunction with the convention of the National Business Education Association (NBEA). Presentation proposals are due by October 1 each year, and a review panel determines the best papers in two categories: (1) empirical research and (2) innovative instructional practices. Best papers are chosen from presentations made at the BERC. Those submitting a proposal for the BERC are automatically nominated for this award. BERC presenters are automatically nominated for this award.
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