Anyone Can Submit Names, Deadline January 31, 2025

The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) has announced the call for nominations for the 2024 Collier Trophy.

The NAA’s description of the award is this: The Robert J. Collier Trophy is awarded annually for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America which improved the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by its actual use during the preceding year.

Any person or group may submit a nomination. The deadline for nominations is January 31, 2025.

The President of NAA, in conjunction with subject matte experts, review the nominations. After verification, the nominees advance to the next round of in-person presentations to the Collier Selection Committee. Nominees for the final round are notified by mid February.

The final round of selection takes place on March 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Each group will have the opportunity to give a 10-minute presentation of their nomination, with visual aids and slides, if desired.

Then follows 20 minutes of questions from the Selection Committee. Up to four members of each team will be permitted to participate in the presentation/Q&A.

The list of recipients represents a timeline  of aviation achievement: In 1924 the first aerial circumnavigation taking 175 days; In 1969 Apollo 11 landed on the Moon; last year’s recipient, the OSIRIS-ReX team successfully executed the first American retrieval of an asteroid sample and returned it to Earth.

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