Awards and Scholarships
Auto Care Association members represent the best of the auto care industry, and the association takes pride in recognizing its dynamic members' valuable contributions to keeping the industry on the road. From educators to innovators, rookies to veterans, the Auto Care Association presents a variety of awards each year to honor the standout people and businesses that are the best of the best.
Automotive Content Professionals Network (ACPN)
The ACPN Content Excellence Awards recognize the best examples of electronic cataloging in the automotive aftermarket. Each year, winners are chosen from dozens of entries and recognized at the Annual ACPN Knowledge Exchange Conference. ACPN Committee members and industry volunteer judges select the best in class winners based on pre-defined criteria. Get more details.
ACPN Scholarship
Each year, ACPN awards three deserving content professionals in the auto care industry with a scholarship to attend the ACPN Knowledge Exchange conference, the largest gathering of catalog professionals and their vendors and solution providers. The Knowledge Exchange conference provides content professionals with a focused and unique opportunity to learn, share best practices, network with peers and interact with service providers in the content management space. Learn more.
Aftermarket Warehouse Distributors (AWDA) awards
Recognizes a company or individual for their leadership and commitment to education and training, either within their own organization or throughout the industry. Winners are drawn from traditional industry participants including jobbers, distributors,
repair shops or manufacturers. Learn more here.
Recognizing Special Achievement Presented exclusively to AWDA member companies or employees of those member companies in the auto care industry, in recognition of excellence in business performance and the setting of high standards as an example for others to follow. Learn more here.
Lifetime Achievement Award in Honor of Martin Fromm
This very selective award recognizes individuals who have, over the course of a career spanning many years, distinguished themselves through their integrity, unselfish commitment to, and high level of performance within the motor vehicle aftermarket industry. Learn more here.
Outstanding Leadership Award in Honor of Jack Creamer (formerly the Jack Creamer Automotive Leader of the Year Award)
This annual award recognizes an individual, employed in the aftermarket, who over the past several years has made a unique and monumental contribution to the industry and/or the association. This award is perceived as the industry's highest honor/recognition. Learn more here.
Education Committee Awards
Recognizes industry companies truly dedicated to investing in the growth of their employees’ knowledge and skills, offering professional development and career opportunities. To apply, click here.
Given annually to the individual that best advances the concepts and programs for education or continuing education in the North American auto care industry. Click here for more information.
Import Vehicle Community Awards
Intended to honor outstanding individuals in the import automotive industry whose creativity, dignity, integrity, industriousness and accomplishments have enhanced the stature of, and significantly contributed to, the import industry segment and its overall growth and progress. Learn more here.
Bill Guinard Lifetime Industry Achievement
Honors individuals whose outstanding performance, integrity, dignity and conscientious approach to business affairs are demonstrated as a matter of routine. Learn more here.
Person of the Year
Honors an individual for his or her outstanding contributions to the industry and to the Import Vehicle Community during the past 12-month period preceding the selection of the current years award recipient. Learn more here.
Young Executive of the Year
This award recognizes leadership and integrity for those executives under 40 years of age. Learn more here.
Import Product and Marketing Awards
Open to all AAPEX exhibitors and provides awards in ten categories. All entries are displayed in our showcases at AAPEX. Learn more and see past winners for these awards here.
Marketing and Communications Committee Awards
The Auto Care Association Impact Award: Four for the Future, recognizes four people under the age of 40 who have made remarkable contributions within the auto care industry. Managed in partnership with YANG. For more details, click here.
Upholstery and Trim International Council (UTIC) Awards
Lifetime Industry AchievementHonors individuals whose outstanding performance, integrity, dignity and conscientious approach to business affairs are demonstrated as a matter of routine.
Hall of Fame
Intended to honor outstanding individuals in the upholstery and trim industry whose creativity, dignity, integrity, industriousness and accomplishments have enhanced the stature of, and significantly contributed to, the trim segment and its overall growth and progress.
Information on these awards are located here.
Young Automotive Network Group (YANG)
The Auto Care Association Impact Award: Four for the Future, recognizes four people under the age of 40 who have made remarkable contributions within the auto care industry. Managed in partnership with the Marketing and Communications Committee. For more details, click here.
One deserving YANG member will earn a scholarship to attend the highly-acclaimed University of the Aftermarket's Leadership 2.0 Program.
Internship Grant
The Auto Care Careers Internship Grant Fund is intended for college students majoring in programs that have direct application to the auto care industry, such as engineering, business, communication and information technology (IT). The fund was created to help ease the financial burden of temporary relocation for students who pursue internships in locations more than 100 miles from their permanent address. See the criteria.
Next Step Program
The Next Step Program offers young industry professionals the unique opportunity to develop lasting involvement in the auto care industry and trade association by experiencing and participating in Auto Care Association’s Spring Leadership Days. Explore the program here.
World Class Technicians
The Auto Care Association and the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) work together to recognize professional technicians who have tested and obtained ASE certification in 22 specialty areas. Learn more about this program here.
Women in Auto Care
Women in Auto Care annually honors deserving women in the industry with three Women of the Year Awards: Auto Care Woman of the Year, Female Shop Owner of the Year and Auto Care Woman of Excellence. Award recipients are recognized at the Women in Auto Care press conference and reception during AAPEX in Las Vegas. Go here to learn more about Women in Auto Care awards.
Recognizes companies and agencies that provide automotive information through outstanding advertising, marketing and public relations efforts. Award recipients are recognized at the Women in Auto Care press conference and reception during AAPEX in Las Vegas. Find more information under awards about eligibility and criteria; and for submissions, apply here.
Each year, Women in Auto Care grants thousands of dollars in scholarships and toolsets with their partners to deserving women pursuing careers in the auto care industry. Learn more here.
