NAGC Network Awards
NAGC Networks awards are to honor those who've made outstanding contributions to a specific area within the field of gifted education. Nominations, the application process, and reviews are managed by the sponsoring network with support from NAGC, and are typically presented at the NAGC Annual Convention.
Nominations for 2026 awards open April 1, 2026.
Learn more about each Network Award below:
Arts Network
The Arts Network Research Award recognizes excellence in research about high-ability arts education and arts talent development and aims to: Increase understanding and availability of research about the needs of artistically gifted and talented individuals and bridge boundaries between professional organizations and scholarly fields.
Creativity Network
The E. Paul Torrance Creativity Award acknowledges significant contributions by individuals and groups whose work facilitates the enhancement and spread of creativity, especially among gifted children, and who are themselves creative thinkers.
Curriculum Studies Network
The Curriculum Award recognize exemplary curriculum units in gifted education that meet specific criteria, including being evidence-supported, field tested with gifted students, and demonstrating student growth.
Global Awareness Network
The Annmarie Roeper Global Awareness Award recognizes an individual, organization, or institution that honors the legacy and work of Annemarie Roeper by working to respond to the concerns of gifted and talented children about the future and the world they live in.
Professional Learning Network
The Professional Learning Award recognizes an individual(s), institution, or organization for planning and implementing sustained professional development on gifted education. The program may relate to any age level within the gifted education context and be given to educators and service providers in PreK–12 or higher education.
Research & Evaluation Network
The Research & Evaluation Network conducts two awards: The Graduate Student Research Gala and The Research & Evaluation Dissertation Award Competition.
Special Populations Network
The Alexinia Baldwin and ____ Award recognizes 1–2 individuals who have: Contributed to the mission of Special Populations, Advanced the recognition of the talents and abilities of special populations, and Had an impact among gifted children from special populations. The Dr. Marcia Gentry Special Populations Early Career Award recognizes 1–2 individuals early in their careers who have: (a) contributed to the mission of the Special Populations Network; (b) advanced the recognition of the talents and abilities of specific populations, while recognizing the impact of other factors on the process of talent development; and (c) created change with an impact among gifted children from special populations. (Co-sponsored by the Special Populations Network and G-RACE Special Interest Group) The Dr. Martin D. Jenkins Scholar Award, named in honor of Dr. Jenkins, father of research on gifted Black students, is designed to honor the achievements of highly gifted Black students who excel academically.