Association Awards

2025 Association Awards

Do you know of an outstanding ICEAA member who has made a difference in the profession? An individual or team whose work is leaping beyond the forefront? An emerging superstar with a blindingly bright future, or a pillar of the cost community whose years of dedication have strengthened everyone around them?

You have until March 10, 2025 to let our awards committee know about these ideal candidates for one of the seven ICEAA Association Awards. Review the award criteria provided here, and when you’re ready to send in your nomination, fill out the form below.

If you have questions about the Association Awards or the nominating process, email iceaa@iceaaonline.org

Download our ICEAA Awards FAQs and nomination tips sheet (PDF) for insights and advice on creating an award-winning nomination!

Award Criteria

Association Service Award: This award recognizes individuals (or a team) who have shown continuing dedication to the interests of ICEAA and who have made significant and sustained volunteer contributions to the ICEAA organization for a period of years. Contributions should be of a highly significant nature and contribute positively to the advancement of ICEAA and/or an ICEAA Chapter. A few examples of such contributions would include:

• Uncommon and sustained volunteer service to the association.
• Assistance with conferences and other ICEAA events.
• Providing forums and media through which experiences with the principles and techniques of cost estimating and analysis may be reported, discussed and published in furtherance of public interest (e.g. editorial, publications, symposium leader, etc.).
• Cooperating with other organizations and individuals, having common or related purposes that contribute to the cost estimating and analysis community of practice.
• Significantly advancing ICEAA’s professional status and making significant personal commitments to ICEAA such as long-term service in a leadership role at either the national level or chapter levels.
• The individual recipient or key team member(s) must be current ICEAA members in good standing.

Educator of the Year Award: This award recognizes individuals (or a team) who have made outstanding education and training contributions to the profession. It recognizes and honors educational and/or teaching achievements, over the previous year. The recipient must have advanced the skills and knowledge of cost estimating and analysis through teaching, writing, editing, and/or publishing educational materials used to train and educate present and future cost professionals. A few examples of such contributions would include:

• Promoting a Common Body of Knowledge as a standard for individual excellence.
• Promoting and providing training in support of ICEAA Cost Estimator/Analyst Certification.
  Developing educational programs.
• Mentoring new cost estimators.
• Disseminating knowledge and developing the next generation of successful cost estimators and analysts.
• Building proficiency and performance in cost estimating capabilities of ICEAA members.
• The individual recipient or key team member(s) must be current ICEAA member(s) in good standing.

Technical Achievement of the Year Award: This award recognizes the individual who has made outstanding technical contributions to the profession of cost estimating and analysis over the past year. Technical excellence may be accomplished through significant achievement in technical work and/or by playing an instrumental part in the development of technical products. A few examples of such contributions would include:

• Performing research in developing new knowledge and advancing theory in cost estimating and analysis.
• Innovative use of cost models or development of new models.
• Promoting integration and synergy among cost estimating and analysis and other disciplines.
  Developing and maintaining standards of proficiency and performance.
• Establishing standards in the terminology, conduct, and application of cost estimating and analysis.
• Using new approaches and techniques to conduct cost estimates/analyses or parametric databases/analyses, develop CERs, databases, and/or models.
• Expert application of statistical procedures for CERs.
• The individual recipient must be a current ICEAA member in good standing.

Management Achievement of the Year Award: This award recognizes the individual who has made outstanding management contributions to the profession of cost estimating and analysis over approximately the previous year. Management excellence may be accomplished through significant administration of cost estimates and analyses. The Award recognizes the individual who provides the most effective demonstration of his/her project management competence. A few examples of such contributions would include:

• Creating a productive work environment as well as the drive and impetus to enable co-workers or employees to accomplish achievements.
• Exhibiting a balance of management skills, juggling different views and perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities.
• Maintaining focus ensuring his/her team’s performance is efficient and the project’s objectives are met.
• Rewarding achievement through an appropriate program of recognition and endorsement.
  Promoting standards of proficiency and performance.
• Providing forums and media through which experiences with the principles and techniques of cost estimating and analysis may be reported, discussed, and published in furtherance of public interest.
  Developing and maintaining standards of proficiency and performance.
• The individual recipient must be a current ICEAA member in good standing.

Team Achievement of the Year Award: This award recognizes a team demonstrating significant accomplishments during the year through analysis for their organization (or an organization supported by their work). Achievement should have a significant resultant impact on the mission of the organization, or by influencing an important decision through the use of cost analysis.

• Demonstrating an outstanding accomplishment within the field.
• Promoting high impact on the organization or chapter supported by the work.
• Exemplifying how cost analysis work provides decision support by influencing the management vision, goals, and objectives.
• Key team member(s) must be current ICEAA member(s) in good standing.

Junior Analyst of the Year Award: This award recognizes an individual with 3 or fewer years of cost estimating/analysis-related experience who has contributed to significant cost analysis work during the course of the year. This individual should demonstrate a bright future through job-related work and education in the field. Work-related activities can be performed individually or as part of a larger group. This individual demonstrates the use of CEBOK principles within his/her cost analysis work.

• Demonstrating work toward proficiency in the field through job-related activities and education.
• Demonstrating an upward trajectory on increasing levels of skill and impact to cost field.
• The individual recipient must be a current ICEAA member in good standing.

The Boehm Award for Excellence in Software and Systems Cost Analysis: This award recognizes an individual making a significant contribution in Software and Systems Cost Analysis. It is presented to an individual who has demonstrated exceptional dedication and made an outstanding contribution (theoretical or applied aspects) to the Software and Systems Cost Analysis community. This individual is passionate about their work, skilled in the art of Software and Systems Cost Analysis and has practiced these fundamentals. A few examples of such contributions would include:

• Shown outstanding and unique capabilities in support of Software and Systems Cost Analysis.
• Has consistently endeavored to enhance the professional image of Software and Systems Cost Analysis.
• Has applied Software and Systems Cost Analysis modeling principles to unique, highly complex problems.
• Has successfully applied Software and Systems Cost Analysis to brand new market segments.
• Outstanding example(s) of advancing the state of the art and/or practice of Software and Systems Cost Analysis beyond its current bounds.
• Has contributed to further develop and grow the community of Software and Systems Cost Analysis
• Has participated in extending the Software and Systems Cost Analysis communities through education/mentoring opportunities, creating STEM rich environments for students and young professionals.
• The individual recipient must be a current ICEAA member in good standing.

The Frank Freiman Lifetime Achievement Award: This award recognizes an individual making lifetime outstanding accomplishments in cost estimating and/or parametric analysis. It is presented to an individual who has demonstrated exceptional dedication and made an outstanding contribution (theoretical or applied aspects) to the cost estimating and analysis community during his or her lifetime. This individual is passionate about their work, skilled in the art of cost estimating, and has/had practiced these fundamentals for a significant amount of his or her career. A Lifetime Achievement Award candidate is expected to have left a legacy to the profession (fifteen years or more) and can receive the award only once in a lifetime. A few examples of such contributions would include:

• They have demonstrated commitment to the profession over time.
• Have qualified as meeting many of the criteria for other award categories over career.
• Shown outstanding and unique capabilities in support of the cost estimating and/or parametric analysis.
• Has provided a body of work that has benefited cost estimating and analysis.
• Has consistently endeavored to enhance the professional image of cost engineering over an extended period of time.
• Has applied cost modeling principles to unique, highly complex problems.
• Has successfully applied cost estimating and analysis to brand new market segments.
• Outstanding example(s) of advancing the state of the art and/or practice of cost estimating and analysis beyond its current bounds.
• The individual recipient must be a current ICEAA member in good account standing.

Additional Awards Criteria/Information

Awardees are eligible only if they are current members of ICEAA in good standing. For group awards, this means that at least 50% of the team must be a members in good standing. Greater weight shall be given to teams where a significant contribution was made by one or more ICEAA members.

Only one plaque shall be awarded per award. For teams, a single plaque will be awarded and a certificate given to each team member who is an ICEAA member in good standing.

Previous Award Winners:

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