In response to the directives of Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, to promote a culture of excellence and improve performance in the Ministry, through the application of the concepts of excellence according to international standards, the Ministry recently launched the Internal Award of Excellence, for the development of competition and entrepreneurship among staff and various departments. The award includes seven categories; department excellence in the achievement of key tasks, and department excellence in creativity and innovation and all departments can be nominated for both of them, the categories of department excellence in the achievement of the National Agenda and strategy of the Ministry, and department excellence in the provision of services, which the Department of Scientific Research and Department of Academic Accreditation, and Certification Equivalency Department, Higher Education Planning & Coordination Department, Scholarship and Cultural Foreign Relations Department can be nominated for. And department excellence in the application of the smart Government, and class 7-star standards of customer service centers (Abu Dhabi, Dubai), which nominations for department outstanding achievement in achieving the enablers from, Human Resources, Finance and Legal Affairs Department, Information Technology Department and Government Communication Department and Internal Audit Office. Support, consulting and awareness workshops will be provided for employees in different departments and centers on the criteria and mechanism of participation. And the winners will be honored by the Minister and will be awarded the medal of his Excellency in the supervisory, technical, engineering, and management, and specialized functions fields, as well as the best Center administrator and the innovator employee, and the new distinguished employees.