OVERVIEW
The 3rd Annual AFCEA Award for Excellence in Defense Scientific & Technical Intelligence recognizes achievements for the 2025 calendar year. The award is sponsored by the Intelligence Committee of AFCEA International, a nonprofit association dedicated to improving the breadth, depth, and scope of national security dialogue in the fields of intelligence, cyber, defense, homeland security and their associated technologies.
AWARD ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Two awards will be given: an individual award and a team award. The individual award is open to active duty and reserve members of the armed forces and to federal government employees. The team award is open to the same categories as the individual award, plus civilian contractor employees.
Nominees must have made a specific, demonstrable contribution to the advancement of scientific and technical intelligence in one or more of the following categories:
- Foundational Military Intelligence
- Intelligence Analysis
- Intelligence Innovation
Note: Nominations in this category may include efforts that led to “fast learning,” i.e., the initial objective was not achieved but the resultant failure or unanticipated outcome informed timely reassessment of the problem and guided follow-on activity or investments.
Nominations should address accomplishment within one or more of the categories above. In addition to the inherent value of nominations within the categories above, the selection panel will consider submissions that recognize the doctrinal, financial, organizational, or other dimensions of the categories above. All submissions should highlight exceptional initiative, leadership, and professional insight. Each nominating organization is limited to a single individual and team submission. Nominations must be unclassified. A short, classified supplement can be submitted separately but is not required.