AFRLI36-281 governs policy, eligibility, nominations, and selections for AFRL Fellows and early career awards.
View AFRLI36-281 on armypubs.army.mil
The publication covers AFRL Fellows and Science and Engineering Early Career Award nominations, assessment, selection, ceremonies, and award packages. Compliance with the publication is mandatory, and the AFRL Vice Commander holds authority to waive its requirements.
Applies to: It applies to all personnel assigned to AFRL.
The AFRL ECA recognizes exceptional scientific or engineering accomplishments of AFRL S&Es who have been assigned to AFRL for no more than seven years and have no more than 15 years since the award of their bachelor’s degree in a science, technical, engineering or mathematics discipline.
The authority to waive requirements in this publication resides with the AFRL Vice Commander.
Submit requests for waivers through the chain of command to the Publication OPR for non-tiered compliance items.
Ensure all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained IAW Air Force Instruction 33-322, Records Management and Information Governance Program and disposed of IAW the Air Force Records Information Management System Records Disposition Schedule.
AFRL/CC is responsible for making final AFRL Fellows and AFRL Science and Engineering Early Career Award selections.