I want a list of award and "top 100" ranking opportunities for
technology executives at a billion dollar company. Specifically, I'm
interested in nominating a senior vice president who is head of
research and product development. I'm thinking of rankings sponsored
by magazines and organizations but am open to any options. The more
the better. Would like web links to applications and deadline info.

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Request for Question Clarification by leader-ga on 25 Feb 2003 12:29 PST

Hello:

Can you please clarify a little further. Do you need a list of top
performing technology executives or something else. Sorry I am unable
to comprehend the question

Thanks Again.
leader-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by larre-ga on 25 Feb 2003 12:42 PST

I presume you are requesting a listing of organizations and sponsors
of well-regarded technology awards, including contact information and
web addresses, in order to submit applications for same. I'm
proceeding to answer your query based on that presumption.

larre-ga

Thanks for asking!  I've compiled a listing of general technology and
research and development awards. These awards are offered in multiple
disciplines and fields of research. Several are magazine awards and/or
rankings, others are awards and fellowships offered by scientific
foundations and government agencies.

There are a number of further individual award and ranking sources,
including government entities, businesses, trade journals,
professional societies, regional organizations,and specialized
magazines offered in much narrower categories which may also be useful
to you. I will be happy to provide the additional compilation of
sources if you will let me know the area or speciality of technology
(communication, computing, environment, etc.), a specific field of
professional expertise (engineering, chemistry, biotechnology, etc.),
and region and/or state, so that I may expand the listing with awards
directed to these areas of technology expertise.


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MAGAZINE AWARDS/RANKINGS
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InfoWorld
*********

InfoWorld sponsors technology awards for:

25 Most Influential CTOs
CTO of the Year
InfoWorld 100
InfoWorld Innovators
Reader's Choice Awards
Technology of the Year 

Information, guidelines, deadline info and links to nomination forms
are available at:

InfoWorld - Awards
http://www.infoworld.com/awards/


Discover Magazine
*****************

Discover Magazine offers annual awards in Science and Technology.
Their awards program process is detailed at:

Discover
http://www.discover.com/awards/index.html

You'll also find links to Award winners. A full search of Discover.com
award information and web pages may be replicated with the following
search:

site:www.discover.com discover awards
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=site:www.discover.com+discover+awards


PC Magazine
***********

PC Magazine offers annual Technical Excellence Awards which are
announced each year at Fall Comdex. They honor innovators and products
related to the PC industry. The magazine offers information and
guidelines for consideration at:

PC Magazine Awards
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,8150,00.asp


R & D Magazine
**************

R & D (Research & Development) Magazine offers awards recognizing the
100 Most Technologically Significant
New Products & Processes of the Year. This year's deadline is March 3,
2003. Information about the awards located at:

R & D 100 Awards
http://www.rdmag.com/rd100/100win.asp

R & D 100 Application Form
http://www.rdmag.com/rd100/100form.asp


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OTHER AWARDS
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World Technology Awards
************************

This award is given by the World Technology Network. Nominations are
accepted only from WTN members. A list of current members is shown at:

WTN Members
http://www.wtn.net/new/members/byname/index.html

To gain the attention of WTN members for nomination, WTN suggests
various means of exposure of worthy candidates to their membership, by
several avenues.

2003 World Technology Awards Nomination
http://www.wtn.net/awards/awards2003/welcome.html


National Medal of Technology
****************************

The National Medal of Technology is the highest honor bestowed by the
President of the United States to America's leading innovators. The
awarding agency is the U.S. Department of Commerce Technology
Administration.

A listing of recipients may be found at:

Technology Administration
Award Recipients 1985 - 2001
http://www.ta.doc.gov/medal/Recipients.htm

2003 Nomination Guidelines and Nomination Form (deadline May 23,
2003), and definitions of the Areas of Excellence that are considered
for awards are available at:

Technology Administration
2003 Nomination Guidelines 
http://www.ta.doc.gov/medal/2003/Nomination.htm


Frank Annunzio Award
********************

The Frank Annunzio Award is offered by the Christopher Columbus
Fellowship Foundation. The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation
is an independent Federal government agency established by Congress to
"encourage and support research, study and labor designed to produce
new discoveries in all fields of endeavor for the benefit of mankind."
The 2003 award deadline is April, 30, 2003.

Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation
http://www.columbusfdn.org/

Frank Annunzio Award Competion Rules
http://208.245.156.153/awards/annunzio/rules.cfm

Frank Annunzio Award Nomination Form
http://208.245.156.153/awards/annunzio/AwardSelect.Cfm


The Franklin Institute Awards
*****************************

The Franklin Institute Awards recognize outstanding achievement in
Science and Technology. Information about the Bower Achievement Awards
and Franklin Medals, deadlines and nomination forms may be found at:

The Franklin Institute
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/exhibits/bower/03/04nominate.html


The Japan Prize
***************

"The Japan Prize is awarded to people from all parts of the world
whose original and outstanding achievements in science and technology
are recognized as having advanced the frontiers of knowledge and
served the cause of peace and prosperity for mankind. No distinction
is made as to nationality, occupation, race or sex. "

What IS the Japan Prize?
http://www.japanprize.jp/e_what_is_jp.htm

Categories for the 2004 Japan Prize
http://www.japanprize.jp/e_2004categories.htm

Contact Information:

The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan
Kamiyacho MT Building, 4th Floor 3-20, Toranomon 4-chome, Minato-ku
Tokyo, 105-0001 JAPAN
Tel:++81-3-3432-5951
Fax:++81-3-3432-5954
E-mail:info@japanprize.jp


The Kilby International Awards
******************************

"Kilby Laureates are recognized for making significant contributions
to society through science, technology, innovation, invention and
education."

The Kilby Mission
http://www.kilby.org/ka_mission.html

Nomination Guidelines
http://www.kilby.org/tf_nominations.html

Nomination Forms
http://www.kilby.org/NominationForms.doc


The Rolex International Awards
******************************

Rolex International Awards are offered to fund new or ongoing work.
Essential information about the awards, and the awards process may be
found at:

Rolex Awards
http://www.rolexawards.com/awards/essentials_1.html

They offer an online application process, beginning at:

Rolex Awards How to Apply
http://www.rolexawards.com/how-to-apply/index.html



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SEARCH STRATEGY
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Google Search Terms:

magazine technology awards
individual "technology award"
technology rankings
"individual rankings" technology magazines


Should you have any questions about the materials or links provided,
please, feel free to ask. I'll be happy to provide assistance, as
needed, and again, I'll expand the listing as an Answer Clarification
as soon as you provide the technology areas, region, and professional
specifics.

Best regards, 

larre-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by holly1pr-ga on 25 Feb 2003 19:05 PST

The InfoWorld listing is along the lines of what I was thinking of.
Some of these awards are interesting but probably unattainable. Didn't
see too many top 100 rankings--I know these are popular.

I would still like to take another look for awards focusing on product
devlopment, innovative uses of technology, online user interface
research, project management, etc. Anything connected to legal
publishing would be terrific.

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Clarification of Answer by larre-ga on 25 Feb 2003 22:10 PST

Thank you for your reply, Holly. I've located an additional magazine
Ranking award this evening, and will continue searching during the day
tomorrow. Now that I know to search specifically in the areas you've
mentioned, I believe I'll be able to add industry magazines, journals,
and professional organizations which offer awards or rankings. I've
run across several legal and publishing awards that I will also
research to locate nomination procedures. A number of states, state
governors, and universities offer Technology awards, and I've also
located a general technology Regional award (Eastern U.S.) that looks
promising, as well, but is of course, region specific.


Computerworld
*************

Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders program accepts nominations of
Technology Leaders, and through a review process selects 100 Premier
Leaders. The magazine devotes a full issue to these selectees.

Computerworld Events
http://www.computerworld.com/events/p100?from=bsm

Here, Computerworld lists its current Premier 100 Leaders, and their
company affiliations. They also describe the selection process:

"How Computerworld Selects the Premier 100 IT Leaders
First, Computerworld issues a call for nominations of IT Leaders and
asks the nominees to fill out an extensive, probing survey to see how
they match up with the characteristics in Computerworld's "IT Leaders
Index." This IT Leaders Index is a set of characteristics developed by
Computerworld's research department that describes business and
technology people who guide the effective use of information
technology in their organizations. (For example: they take calculated
risks; they nurture their IT staffs with creative work environments;
and they tie technology to business goals.) Computerworld has used
this index since our inaugural Premier 100 IT Leaders program in 2000
and updates the index each year. The result: 100 of these IT Leaders -
the ones who most closely map with the index - are selected as the
Premier 100."

Computerworld Premier 100
http://www.premier100.com/agenda/it_leaders.shtml



I'll post additional sources after further research tomorrow.
 
larre-ga

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Clarification of Answer by larre-ga on 26 Feb 2003 20:40 PST

Hello, Holly,

A progress report for the day. I have searched a number of IT magazine
sites. I'm about halfway through a rather extensive listing at
CompInfo Center.

CompInfo Center - IT Magazines
http://www.compinfo-center.com/itmags.htm

Within this list, I've located two award/ranking offers. First, The
Real Awards, jointly sponsored by Transform Magazine and Intelligent
Enterprise Magazine. This particular award is given for technology
solutions rather than as an individual award, so it may not be
appropriate for your purposes.

Real Awards
http://www.realwareawards.com/2003/2003call_index.shtml

The second award/ranking I've found may better fit your criteria. CIO
Magazine annually selects a top 100. This year's deadline is
approaching in just a few days.

The online application is available and the process explained at:

CIO 100
http://www2.cio.com/cio100/apply.cfm

I'm working on the legal publishing angle as well, but haven't yet
turned up anything on a national level. I will continue this line of
research, and also my search through the IT magazine list to locate
additional sources.

larre-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by holly1pr-ga on 04 Mar 2003 07:49 PST

Are you finished answering the question? Your last clarification makes
it seem like you will be providing more information.

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Clarification of Answer by larre-ga on 06 Mar 2003 11:38 PST

Thank you for your patience. I'm a part-time GA Researcher. Over the
past week or so, my time availability has coincided with intervals of
Google Answers site upgrade and maintenance. I've not been able to
post a further update until now.

I have extensively reviewed another 78 technical publications. I have
contacted a fair number of them by telephone or e-mail, and have been
told with almost 100% consistency that any rankings they offer are
done on the basis of perceived need, and scheduled via editorial
planning decisions, and content management of the individual
magazines.

Having worked my way through the Directories (listed below), I've
uncovered two addition annual award projects, but again,
unfortunately, I'm not convinced they meet your requirements.


Software Development Magazine
*****************************

Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards are offered by SD
Magazine. Two classes of awards are given: Vendor nominated and Reader
nominated.

Software Development Magazine
Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards
http://www.sdmagazine.com/jolts/


R&D 100 Awards
**************

"The judging process for the R&D 100 Awards has been designed for one
purpose only: to pick the 100 most technologically significant new
products from among the entries."

How to Win an R&D 100 Award
http://www.rdmag.com/rd100/100win.asp

2003 R&D 100 Awards
http://www.rdmag.com/scripts/awards.asp


Magazine Directory Listings Researched
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Google Directory Computer Science Publications
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Computer_Science/Publications/Journals/

NetTech
Legal Technologies Publications
http://www.nettechinc.com/magazine.htm

Nelson H.F. Beebe's Bibliographies Page
http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe/bibliographies.html

Inria - Websites in Computer Science
http://www.inria.fr/publications/infoweb/magazines.en.html


Additional Award Opportunities
******************************

Project Management Institute
2003 Award Nominations
http://www.pmi.org/info/AP_AwardNominations.asp



As I have mentioned previously, additional awards are offered
regionally. I've included two examples below, along with the search
terms that were used to locate them. By substituting your state or
region, you may be able to turn up additional ranking or award
opportunities.

Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology - Awards
http://www.cit.org/cit_awards.asp

Search terms: "technology awards" Virginia


Eastern Technology Council
Enterprise Awards
http://www.techcouncil.org/entawards2003.cfm

Search terms: "technology award" eastern region OR regional


Additional search terms used:
"legal technology" rankings
"legal technology" publications OR magazines
"legal publications" OR "legal magazines" awards OR rankings
publishing "technology awards" OR "technology rankings"
legal publishing "technology awards" OR "technology rankings"
"project management" rankings OR awards
"research and development" awards OR rankings

If I can provide further clarification of any of the information
presented, please, feel free to ask.

larre-ga