Giovanni Paccaloni Young Professional Service Award

The Giovanni Paccaloni Young Professional Service Award of the Society of Petroleum Engineers recognizes both:

• Excellence and leadership in service to the public and the community, in accordance with local customs.
• Service to the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the profession of petroleum engineering, or the petroleum industry.

Both above criteria are considered during the judging process for this award; however, they are weighted differently: service to the public and the community is given greater importance, accounting for 60% of the evaluation, whereas service to the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the profession of petroleum engineering, or the petroleum industry accounts for 40%.

While SPE-sponsored public or community services will be considered when evaluating candidates for this award, paid public or community services will not.

Eligibility Requirements

The conditions of eligibility for the award are as follows:

• Any professional member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers in good standing and under the age of 36 as of 1 January in the year of presentation shall be eligible to receive the award.

• Deceased members may not be nominated for SPE Awards. If a previously nominated candidate dies after 1 January in the year of presentation, and if duly selected for the award, the presentation shall be made posthumously in accordance with special procedures to be prescribed by the SPE Board of Directors. Posthumous award presentations are otherwise prohibited.

• No recipient of SPE Honorary Membership shall be eligible to receive the award.

• No officer or member of the International Board of Directors of the Society shall be eligible to receive any award while serving on the Board. In addition, he or she will not be eligible to receive any award during the calendar year in which his or her term ends, and for a period of two full calendar years following the expiration of his or her term of service on the Board.

• No member of the Award Selection Committee shall be eligible to receive the award while serving as a member of the award committee in which they are judging, and for a period of two full calendar years following the expiration of his or her term of service on the committee.

• The award may only be presented to individuals for truly outstanding achievement primarily in public service.

• Past recipients of the award are ineligible to receive it a second time.

• Self-nominated candidates are not eligible.

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