UA’s Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling and Simulation, the only Group from Academia Recognized For Achievement in 1999 Defense Modeling & Simulation Organization (DMSO) National Competition. Eight winners were selected for the second annual Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO) – sponsored Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Awards. This year an additional 13 nominees were selected for honorable mention. Eighty-eight nominations were received during the two-month nomination period that ended December 10, 1999. The awards recognize both government and non-government achievement during Fiscal Year 1999 in support of Department of Defense (DoD) M&S objectives. Eight individuals or teams – one government and one non-government – were selected in each of four categories. The first three categories consist of the M&S functional areas – training, analysis and acquisition. The work by Professors Bernard P. Zeigler and Hessam S. Sarjoughian was given honorable mention in the fourth category, a cross-functional area, which considers those broader endeavors that impact all aspects of the overall DoD M&S effort. Their software for distributed simulation and futuristic efficient use of network bandwidth was selected and is described in: Discrete Event System Specification (DEVS) Formalism as a Framework for HLA Predictive Contract Methodology. For details DMSO The DMSO initiated the M&S awards program in 1998 as a way to appropriately recognize the exceptional work being done in the DoD M&S community by both government and non-government people and organizations. The criteria for each of the awards were derived from the charters and other defining documents of the three M&S functional area councils and the DoD M&S Working Group (MSWG), all subordinate organizations of the DoD's Executive Council for M&S (EXCIMS). Nominations in the functional areas were reviewed by awards boards established by the corresponding functional area councils of the EXCIMS. A select subcommittee of the MSWG reviewed nominations in the cross-functional area. To ensure an equitable representation in the non-government sector, selected members of the M&S Industry Steering Group (ISG) of the National Training Systems Association (NTSA) participated in the selection process. Finally, the EXCIMS, chaired by Dr. Delores M. Etter, Deputy Director for Defense Research and Engineering, reviewed the various groups' recommendations for approval of the awards. Awards will be presented on May 23 at 4 p.m. during the ninth annual DMSO Industry Days, May 22-24, at the Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner in Vienna, Virginia.