NIRS held a 'The best NIRS' awarding ceremony on July 31st, 2020. The citations were awarded to both teams and individuals respectively.

Awardees are as below.

* NIRS Daejeon
- Best Teams NIRS : Information Resources Planning Team, N/W Management Team
- The Staff of NIRS : Mr. Lee, Jong-jin, Ms. Baek, Min-ji
- Digital Government Man of Merit : Ms. Kim, Seol-hwa, Mr. Shim, Sang-dae
- Best colleague NIRS (highest poll voted by associates) : Ms. Kim, Jin-sun

* NIRS Gwangju
- Best Team NIRS : Information Security Operation Team
- The staff of NIRS : Ms. Kang, Bo-min