NRPA National Awards

NRPA National Awards are presented to individuals and agencies to honor their efforts--both professional and personal--in the field of parks and recreation. Recipients are selected by the Awards & Scholarship Committee and are chosen for excellence in a variety of topics, including professional and voluntary service, programming, leadership, research and public outreach.

The NRPA Award program includes 10 National Awards. The categories and criteria have been designed to be inclusive and significant to park and recreation. The award categories are:

Robert M. Artz Citizen Advocacy Award (Individual)

Robert W. Crawford Young Professional Award (Individual)

Excellence in Inclusion Award (Agency)

Excellence in Innovative Programming Award (Agency)

Facility or Park Design Award (Agency)

Barb King Environmental Stewardship Award (agency)

Kudos Marketing Award (agency)

National Distinguished Professional Award (individual)

National Partnership Award (agency)

Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Award for Excellence in Recreation and Park Research Award (individual)

The 2013 National Award recipients will be honored during the Best of the Best Ceremony at the NRPA Congress and Exposition in Houston, Texas, October 8 - 10. 

Award information and applications for 2014 will be available in January 2014.  

For additional information contact awards@nrpa.org

Congratulations to the 2012 National Award Recipients:

The 2012 National Awards were presented during the Best of the Best Reception at the NRPA Congress in Anaheim, California. Congratulations to all the 2012 National Award Recipients!