Annual Awards Program.

Individual Achievement Award

An ongoing awards program presented annually to individuals who have been nominated for outstanding accomplishment within one of the functional fields of Comptrollership. Areas for recognition are Accounting and Finance; Analysis and Evaluation; Auditing; Budgeting; Business Management; Comptroller/Deputy Comptroller; Contractor Support; Education, Training and Career Development; Manpower Management; Resource Management; and Intern/Trainee.

Team Achievement Award

This award is presented to teams of four to fourteen individuals, within or across comptroller disciplines. Criteria include impact on the way the organization, DoD financial community, U.S. Coast Guard, National Guard, or Reserve establishment operates. The award category recognizes outstanding team performance, accomplishments, adoption of study results, outcome or savings, and excellence in the advancement of military comptrollership.

Essay Contest

Three awards are presented for outstanding essays on a specified topic. The winning essays are published in the Armed Forces Comptroller. The topic for the 2004-2005 annual program was "What are the three highest hurdles in your organization's race for fiscal fitness, and how would you overcome them?"

Editorial Award

This award is presented to the authors of the best articles published in the four issues of the Armed Forces Comptroller in the year preceding the National PDI.

Research Award

This award recognizes individual or team efforts resulting in a specific written product that encapsulates the research effort, finding, and recommendations. Awards are given to reports deemed to be significant or singularly outstanding.

Members' Continuing Education Program

Grants are provided to members of ASMC to aid in financing their academic endeavors.

Scholarship Program

Monetary scholarships are presented to graduating high school seniors who have demonstrated outstanding leadership skills and academic achievements.

National President's Awards

Each year, the National President of ASMC recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the Society and/or the military comptrollership field.

Neil R. Ginnetti Professional Development Award

This special award recognizes an ASMC chapter in each category size for outstanding, innovative contributions to the professional development of its chapter members and the training needs of the command.

Chapter Competition

This award program is designed to encourage chapter programming that fulfills the mission of the Society. Chapters compete in their size category and are awarded points in eleven different fields of programming. Areas of competition for which chapters obtain points include membership, manuscripts, educational activities, monthly meetings, awards programming, newsletters, sponsorship of new chapters, publicity, research, community service, and reporting.

Membership Growth

Three awards are given to chapters that achieve substantial percentage or actual membership growth. All chapters with membership growth are eligible. In addition, a Recruiter of the Year is chosen in each chapter size category.

Community Service

This program rewards a chapter's sustained effort in service to its community. Chapters must complete a minimum of one year of continuous voluntary service or demonstrate leadership in organizing, implementing, and/or administering a continuous voluntary service program.

Corporate Member

This award recognizes a corporate member for outstanding contributions made to a local chapter and the national organization in the furtherance of the goals of the chapter and the Society. Nominees must have been a corporate member for at least two consecutive years.

Chapter Leadership

This award is designed to recognize outstanding members who have demonstrated their commitment to the advancement of the Society at the chapter level.

Newsletter Competition

Awards are presented for the chapter newsletters that best foster internal chapter communication and professionalism. Awards are based on content and quality of presentation.

Five Star Competition

This award is presented to any chapter that sets a standard of effort for well-rounded chapter performance. The chapter must report throughout the year in areas of administration, meetings, and newsletters. The competition is divided into two categories, Distinguished and Meritorious, with different requirements for each.