9+ Blank Award Certificate Examples – PDF

There is always a point in our lives where we worked hard not just to achieve our goal but to make the important persons of our lives be proud of us as well. There are times when we want to prove our worth to the whole world. There are also times when we get so competitive, aiming to reach to the top. Different people have different reasons why they want to achieve something—incentives, medals, ribbons, trophies, certificates, prestige, fame, spotlight, acknowledgment, self-enhancement, monetary, gift cards, check, ticket, among others. The awards may come in different forms, but all of them would ultimately lead to the acknowledgment of the person. It is fitting and proper to acknowledge the person’s hard work because, for sure, the achievement we witnessed is just a tip of the iceberg; we haven’t seen the struggles and challenges he or she has gone through to reach the achievement he/she had today. Even a single certificate would do in order to recognize the accomplishment of a certain individual.

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Here, we give you cool examples of blank award certificates that you can use as your own. Check them out in the next section.

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Definition of Award

As per Merriam Dictionary, award is “something that is conferred or bestowed especially on the basis of merit or need.” Simply stated, it is something given to a person or a group of people in recognition of their achievement. Hence, there must be an act or achievement first before something may be awarded to someone.

Awards may be accompanied by trophy, title, certificate, commemorative plaque, medal, badge, pin or ribbon, money, property, and many other things. It can also be in the form of a public acknowledgment, without any tangible prize.

Types of Award Certificates

We now know that there are a lot of ways someone can be awarded. For now, let us focus on the award certificates, as this is the usual tangible thing given as an award. There are several types of awards in which certificates are being given. The most popular and common awards can be categorized as follows:

Business

In the office, the management or other key personnel would usually give awards to certain deserving people in order to acknowledge their hard work and to motivate and inspire the others. Apart from the incentives and bonuses, they are usually given certificate of awards. Commonly, the awards are as follows:

• Employee of the Month Award
• Employee of the Quarter Award
• Employee of the Year Award
• Best Employee Award
• Excellence Award
• Perfect Attendance Award
• Most Productive Award

The company can even create their own title for the award, making the award more playful and creative.

Sports

In sports as a whole, awards are very common and they come in different forms. The usual ones are trophies, plaques, money, and, of course, certificates. The certificates that are usually given in a sports competition are the following:

• Most Valuable Player (MVP)
• Rookie of the Year
• Placement—1st, 2nd, 3rd, among others
• Parent Support Certificate
• Coaching Success
• Individual Sports Awards
• Team Sports Awards

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Soccer Awards

In soccer, just like any other sports, an award is needed not just to acknowledge the triumph of the group but to boost their confidence and morale as well. This will also inspire and motivate other teams to do well in their next game. These are the common awards that soccer players and their supporters can receive:

• Most Valuable Player (MVP)
• Placement—1st, 2nd, 3rd, among others
• Rookie of the Year
• Goalie Award
• Most Improved Player
• Parent Support Certificate
• Recognition Awards
• Scoring Awards

Baseball Awards

In baseball, similar to the sports stated above, it also acknowledges the players through tangible awards such as certificates, plaques, and trophies and intangible awards such as public acknowledgment. This will motivate them as well as the people around them to strive more in the next games if they want to receive an award. Here are they typical awards in a baseball game:

• Most Valuable Player (MVP)
• Placement—1st, 2nd, 3rd, among others
• Rookie of the Year
• Parent Support Certificate
• Batting Average Awards
• Coaching Awards
• Fantasy Baseball Award
• Gold Glove Awards

Golf Awards

Here are the usual awards that are granted to golf players. These awards would not only make the players famous and prestigious but also encourage others to reach the top and train more.

• Placement—1st, 2nd, 3rd, among others
• Rookie of the Year
• Recognition Awards
• Special Event Awards
• Hole in One Certificate
• Longest Drive
• Lowest Round
• Low Handicap
• Up and Down Awards

Football Awards

There are a lot of awards that are given to football players. Although they are usually awarded with money and trophies, certificates are always present when in comes to tangible awards. These certificates are as follows:

• Most Valuable Player (MVP)
• Placement—1st, 2nd, 3rd, among others
• Rookie of the Year
• Fantasy Football Award
• Kicking Awards
• Parent Support Certificate
• Passing Awards
• Receiving Awards
• Running Awards
• Scoring Awards
• Special Teams Awards
• FIFA Football Awards

Academic Award

In school, there are a lot of academic awards granted to deserving students. In school, we are not only to study the lessons and listen to the teacher’s discussions but also to perform tasks and join competitions. These are not only to build a name yourself or build the name of the school, in cases of interschool or interdivision contests, but also to for self-improvement and self-enhancement of the student as well as the teacher. There might be unavoidable competitions among the students, but these competitions are almost always a healthy one.

Here are the typical examples of academic awards received by the students:

• Academic Achievement Award
• Best All-Round Student
• Book Report
• Certificate of Graduation
• Education – behavior and academic
• Graduation Diploma
• Honor Student/Roll
• Mathematics Awards
• Most Improved Student
• Researcher Award
• School Diploma
• Spelling Achievement
• Star Student
• Student of the Month/Week
• Teacher Award

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General Awards

Apart from the specific awards presented above, there are a numerous general awards that are granted in school, in the office, at the church, in special occasions, and in many other fields. These awards include but are not limited to the following:

• Certificate of Attendance
• Certificate of Completion
• Certificate of Achievement
• Certificate of Appreciation
• Citizenship Award
• Computer Achievement Award
• Church – Sunday school
• Community Service Award
• Volunteer Award
• Recognition Awards
• Merit Awards
• Music Achievement
• Billboard Music Award
• Science Achievement
• Special Events – Science Competition, Fairs, Exhibit, among others

Other Important Awards

There are other important historical awards that are famous and already known in the whole world. These awards are granted by known companies and organizations and are given to deserving people who made a name in a certain field or industry. They serve as a role model, and they inspire people to strive hard in order to attain and achieve success. The awards that we commonly know are as follows:

• Nobel Prize Award – Instituted by Alfred Bernand Nobel, hence the name of the award, this is the most coveted international award of the world given every December 10, the death anniversary of Alfred Bernard Nobel. Annually, this is given to persons who have made pioneering achievements in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Peace, Literature, and Economics.
• Oscar Awards – Instituted in 1929, this is a set of 24 awards conferred annually by the Academy of motion pictures in USA for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry.
• UNESCO Peace Prize – This award is presented by United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that is given to a person for extraordinary contributions with regard to international peace.
• UNESCO Human Rights Award – Similarly, this award is presented by United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), given every alternate year to a person for his or her contributions in the field of human rights awareness.
• UN Human Rights Award – Presented by the United Nations, this award is presented every six years to deserving people who has personal contribution for the cause of human rights.
• Pulitzer Prize – Named after the US publisher Joseph Pulitzer, this award is instituted in 1917 and conferred annually in the USA to acknowledge the accomplishments in journalism, literature, and music.
• Right Livelihood Award – Known as alternate Nobel award, this award is instituted by the Right Livelihood Society in London in 1980 to promote and contribute in the fields of environment and social justice.
• Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize – Named after Mahatma Gandhi, this award is instituted in 1995 and is given annually by the Government of India which is presented for international peace of the lines of Nobel Prize.
• Man Booker Prize – As its sponsorship has been taken over by the Man group, this award which was established in 1969, is considered as the highest literary award given to authors of British, Irish, and Commonwealth countries.
• Padma Vibhushan – Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shree are the three important civilian awards with Padma Vibhushan as the second highest civilian award given for distinguished services in any field including government service.
• Bhartiya Jnanpith Awards – Instituted in 1965, this award is given for distinguished works in any recognized language by scholar.
• Sahitya Akademy Awards – Instituted in 1955, this award is given for exclusive writing in any of the 22 languages including the English literature.
• World Food Prize – This award is presented by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for the use of agriculture and food development.

Final Say

It is not unusual for people to work hard in order to achieve their goals and to receive awards as well. Awards may come in different forms: tangible such as medals, plaques, trophies, certificates, gift cards, and money and intangible such as public acknowledgment. This will not only acknowledge the person receiving the awards but also serve as an inspiration to the people who witnessed the giving of such award.

Typically, certificates are an award to recognize the deserving people. Examples of such are presented above. Don’t miss to check them out!