Intent to Nominate Application Form

Process Summary:

To be nominated as a potential candidate, submissions are to be presented to a Member Organization, summarizing the candidate's involvement and/or contribution to industry initiatives, by the established deadlines.

Member Organizations will then be responsible to review their provincial candidate submissions and submit one qualified candidate per Member Organization annually to be considered by the Foundation's jury for the next Award.

• 1. Eligibility Criteria
• 2. Submission Format - Candidate
• 3. Submission Format - Member Organization
• 4. Deadlines

1. Eligibility Criteria

1. Canadian Citizen or a permanent resident of Canada, aspiring to be or is registered as a professional engineer, in good standing with a provincial/territorial professional engineer association.


2. Young Professional (YP) shall be an employee of an ACEC Member Firm in good standing.


3. YP shall conform to FIDIC criteria for a Young Professional, which includes an upper age limit of 35 years as of the date of the next FIDIC conference.


4. YP shall be involved with or contributing to a priority identified by ACEC or an ACEC Member Organization.


5. YP shall be nominated by a Member Organization, at the required time as selected by the Board of Directors of the Foundation, for consideration by the Foundation's Jury.


6. YP shall complete a personal interview, administered by the Member Organization.


7. YP will have demonstrated initiative, creativity and the ability to work as a team player in furthering the goals and objectives of a Member Organization or ACEC.


8. YP will provide a listing of extracurricular and volunteer activities (one page maximum), specifically those that contribute to the betterment and overall visibility of the Consulting Engineering Industry in Canada.


9. YP shall submit a one page essay describing why the applicant feels he or she should be awarded the scholarship.
   
   This essay should include:
   
   What are the applicant's career objectives? How will this scholarship help the applicant achieve his or her goals? What will be the impact of the applicant's work in terms of (but not limited to) wealth creation, job creation, industry growth, quality of life and other benefits to society?


10. YP shall submit a letter of recommendation from an individual who is familiar with his/her interest in consulting engineering, commenting on his/her current leadership, commitment and volunteer activities as well as the ability to network and build relationships.

2. Submission Format -Candidate

To be submitted to a Member Organization

1. Intent to Nominate
1. Completion of application form
2. Official Submission
1. One page essay as described in eligibility criteria
2. Summary of extracurricular activities as described in eligibility criteria
3. Letter(s) of recommendation - can include up to two letters of recommendation from either an employer or a client.
4. Applicants should not submit additional pages in excess of those described above as these will not be reviewed.

3. Submission Format - Member Organization

To be submitted to ACEC:

The Member Organization is to provide the selected candidate's full submission with a cover letter detailing the highlights of the candidate's submission to be considered by the Jury of the Foundation.

4. Deadlines

• Call for Nominations: January, 2010
• Intent to Nominate: February 26, 2010
  (Submission of application form to Member Organization by their employer)
• Official Submission: March 31, 2010
  (Complete candidate submission to Member Organization)
• Submission to ACEC (by MO): April 30, 2010
• Scholarship Award 2010: June 26, 2010