Apply now for the nation’s highest recognition for excellence in organizational performance! The 2025 Baldrige Award Application is open!
Baldrige Award applicant organizations will use the online application to submit information about their performance results/outcomes and core businesses. For results/outcomes, the application requests relevant (e.g., industry, best-in-class) comparisons to show the goodness of the results and five years of data that show performance levels and trends.
Compared to the 2024 application, more space has been allotted for narrative and the uploading of graphics. In addition, a few context-setting questions will appear immediately before each section. Baldrige examiners—trained, volunteer experts in various fields and from a wide range of industries—will assess the applications.
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The 2025 award application will close on May 22, 2025, at 6:00 pm ET.
The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is a public-private partnership within the National Institute of Standards and Technology, dedicated to promoting U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology. The program has fostered the adoption of proven leadership, management, and operational best practices, and supported a global community that values people, organizational learning, continuous improvement, and sustained excellence.