It's tough and the awards category is a particularly tough one because the awards really need to be significant and student/academic awards generally don't coun

It's tough and the awards category is a particularly tough one because the awards really need to be significant and student/academic awards generally don't count. I would say that the categories most within an applicant's control and/or easiest to meet (relatively speaking) are journal review or event/hackathon judging, outstanding association membership (such as IEEE senior membership for example), high compensation (geographic and occupation based), press, and publications.