NiCA Fellowship Award

CALL for nominations of FELLOWS per guidelines. The deadline is 23rd September 2022 by 4:00pm.

email address: fcc@nica.org.ng

For Submission of Fellowship Application

Kindly click on this link: https://forms.gle/dna3XCdDyghHmtNt8

 

FELLOWSHIP AWARD CRITERIA

FELLOWSHIP AWARD

The NiCA Fellow Award is a prestigious recognition of merit and accomplishments conferred on
individual Nigerian professionals (includes foreign professionals practicing in Nigeria and Nigerians in
diaspora) and promoters of the profession who have distinguished themselves in contributing to the
development and practice of the Materials and Corrosion profession and the professional Association in
Nigeria. It is bestowed to confer both a professional status and title on the individual holder of the
Award.

Those to be recognized fall into the following major categories:

1. Regular (by structured assessment and examination)
2. Invitation:
   • (a) Senior Professionals (15 years and above in practice, both serving and retired)
   • (b) Honorary - Industry Leaders/Promoters
   • (c) Post Humus honours

(Material/colour distinction of plaque and certificate – gold, silver and purple, respectively) Criteria for Nomination:

A. GENERAL – Common for all categories:

1. The nominee must be a NiCA member in good standing (except for Honorary)
2. The nominee must be nominated by at least four and one of whom must be the Principal Nominator.
3. The Principal Nominator must be a NiCA Fellow and member in good standing
4. Submission of fully endorsed Nomination form for a category of Fellow
5. Payment of appropriate fees for the category nominated
6. The following are considered not eligible:
   • Self-nomination by individuals.
   • Current serving members of the Executive Committee of NiCA.
   • Current serving NiCA staff and employees.
   • NiCA reserves the right not to select any individual for a particular year if the evaluations performed indicate that nominations do not meet the stated criteria.
   • Only those nominees approved by the Council of NiCA shall be permitted to be conferred the Fellow Award.

 

B. REGULAR:

Recipients of the regular Fellow Award shall be eligible subject to fulfilling the following criteria: with audience.

• Criterion 1: The nominee has painstakingly demonstrated, with evidence/record, structured professional growth, and development in the profession of materials and corrosion in the areas of i) teaching, learning, and researching ii) industry practice - projects initiation and completion, operations and management iii) Managerial and leadership development, spanning a minimum of ten (10) consecutive years.
• Criterion 2: The nominee has demonstrated significant and sustained contributions to NiCA. These contributions span a minimum of ten (10) consecutive years and providing mentorship to young and upcoming professionals.
• Criterion 3: The nominee has made significant contributions to the Materials and Corrosion profession that advances knowledge and brought about innovations in learning, practice, product development or use, and application of materials, methods, and processes, nationally or internationally.
• Criterion 4: The nominee’s contributions to NiCA and to the Materials and Corrosion profession are global in value, benefiting Nigeria and capable of worldwide application.

C. INVITATION:

a. Senior Professionals

CI. Criterion 1: The nominee has substantially met the criteria for a regular route BUT unable to
follow through other outstanding requirements owing to the demand of duty and responsibility at national or corporate level management or has attained the age of 60 years.

CII. Criterion 2: The nominee has creditably and successfully served NiCA at National, Zonal or Chapter levels.
CIII.


b. Honorary – Industry Leaders/Promoters

• Criterion 1: The nominee has promoted corrosion science/engineering or the professional Association in an outstanding manner through the exercise of governmental, political, corporate, or financial influences.
• Criterion 2: The nominee must be supported by at least two fellows and the President of NiCA.

 

c. Post-Humus

• Criterion 1: Nominee has applied and met all or most of the requirements for regular or senior professional fellow before demise.
• Criterion 2: Nominee has supported, advocated, or contributed to the advancement of corrosion science/engineering research, practice in cash or kind or both through his/her business, office, advocacy, or influence.

d. Documentary Evidence

Nominees for regular route and invitation of senior professional shall provide one or all the following:

1. Three (3) peer reviewed publications on corrosion in a national or/and international
   science/engineering journal or conference proceedings.
2. Authorship/co-authorship of a book(s) or journal on corrosion science/engineering of at least one hundred pages.
3. Two (2) Project Reports on environmental, infrastructural, or industrial corrosion
   protection or problem solving, detailing the problem statement, design and steps taken in implementing the solution. Support with photographs and/or video recordings.

di. Leadership/Mentorship Profile

1. Role as a lead researcher or project team lead in up to three (3) projects of scientific/engineering importance, with notable contribution to national
   development.
2. Business ownership dealing with science or engineering entrepreneurship responsible for projects up to N10 Million and above.
3. Managerial level or Administrative responsibility in a research, scientific or
   engineering organization/institution, either public or private, involved, wholly or
   in part, in corrosion control and management.
4. Provide evidence of mentorship of at least 3 young professionals to maturity.