At the International level, awards are broken up into two different categories:  Annual and Orders of Merits.

Annual Awards are based on nominations presented to the International level by Regions through their Regional Coordinators.  From there, they are voted on and then presented at the yearly International Conference.  These categories are:  Chapter of the Year Award, Shakedown Chapter of the Year Award, Support Chapter of the Year Award, Flag Officer of the Year Award, Officer of the Year Award, Enlisted Member of the Year Award, Junior Member of the Year Award, and Commanding Officer of the Year Award.

Orders of Merits are designed to recognize members and their achievements throughout the various levels of the organization.   Each Order of Merit is named based on a cultural aspect that reflects the qualities recognized in the award. Cultures used include Terran, Vulcan and other species.  Each Order has three classes — First, Second and Third. Generally, an Order of Merit, Third Class will recognize significant achievement at the chapter level, Second Class will recognize significant achievement at the regional level, and First Class will recognize the highest level of achievement to STARFLEET. An Order of Merit, First Class, must have its nomination endorsed by a Regional Coordinator and may only be awarded by majority vote of the STARFLEET Executive Committee.  Orders of Merits are as follows:  Order of Axanar, Order of Babel, Order of Cochrane, Order of Darmok and Jalad, Order of Dionysus, Order of Gaea, Grankite Order of Tactics, Order of Hawking, Order of Herodotus, Order of Prentares, Order of Rand, Order of Roddenberry, Order of Samaritan, Order of S’harien, Order of Surak, and Order of Tarbolde of Canopius.

To learn more about each of these awards as well as the nomination process, please visit the link below or ask.