LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT RIBBON: is awarded to the member who puts their service to the United Federated Planets as a personal goal in their lives. Their contributions to the United Federated Planets make a distinct difference to the United Federated Planets.

LEGION OF VALOR: Is awarded to the member who distinguishes himself/herself by displaying superior service to the United Federated Planets.

Criteria includes the following:

1. selfless devotion to duty by putting the needs of fandom before ones own personal needs,

2. to perform assigned duties to the best of ones abilities without complaint,

3. to go beyond what is expected of ones self by doing those extra things not thought of by others,

4. to make a definite positive impact on Star Trek fandom and the United Federated Planets, and

5. to present a positive attitude all of the time toward Star Trek fandom and the United Federated Planets.

Recommendation must be sent to the UFP President who will assemble a panel of judges to go over the qualifications of members nominated for this special award.

LYNN CORNWELL SERVICE RIBBON: is a very special award reserved for the UFP member who demonstrates the ideals of Star Trek, human compassion, diligence and self sacrifice not only in service to the members of the UFP, but to his or her community as well.

Recommendation must be sent to the UFP President who will assemble a panel of judges to go over the qualifications of members nominated for this special award.

UFP COMMENDATION: Awarded for outstanding active participation in a UFP function or the member’s UFP chapter. The member’s chapter president or vice president should make the nomination.

UFP MERIT RIBBON: Awarded for active participation in a UFP function or the member’s UFP chapter. The member’s chapter president or vice president should make the nomination.

CHAPTER PRESIDENT RIBBON: Awarded to any chapter president who submits his/her chapters monthly status reports on time and does not miss any monthly reports during a fiscal year.

CHAPTER PRESIDENT SCHOOL RIBBON: Awarded to a Chapter President who takes and passes the UFP Chapter Presidents School.

SCHOLASTIC RIBBON: Awarded to any member attending a public school, home school, university/college or any other institution of higher or advanced education with an overall grade average of B or 3.0 or higher. A photocopy of the grade report must be submitted with the request for this award.

RECRUITING RIBBON:  Awarded to any member who actively recruits 20 new members for the UFP during a fiscal year. The member needs to place his name on the top of the application forms before they are sent in to UFP Headquarters. The member’s chapter president or vice president should make the nomination.

FIRST AID RIBBON: Awarded to any member who performs an act of first aid to an injured or ill person. The member’s chapter president or vice president should make the nomination.

LIFE SAVING RIBBON: Awarded to any member who performs an act that saves the life of another person. The member’s chapter president or vice president should make the nomination.

PURPLE HEART RIBBON: Awarded to any member who is injured while attending an official UFP function whether it be a meeting, a party, a convention or a social chapter gathering. The member’s chapter president or vice president should make the nomination.

DISASTER ASSISTANCE RIBBON: Awarded to any member for the selfless sacrifices made by the UFP member in giving of their own personal time and talents in providing assistance to others in their community during a time of extreme disaster. The member’s chapter president or vice president should make the nomination or the organizational representative of the organization for which the act of disaster assistance was performed.

COMMUNITY SERVICE RIBBON: Awarded to any member who performs an act of community service either on their own or with their chapter. The member’s chapter president or vice president should make the nomination or the organizational representative of the organization for which the act of community service was performed.

SERVICE RIBBON: Denotes the years of active service a member has performed for the UFP as an active member. These are in increments of five years (5, 10, 15, 20, etc.). Must be requested by the member. The first two digits of the UFP number stands for the year a member joined the UFP (8902-0001) shows 1989 as the year the member joined the UFP while 02 shows the member joined in February.