Online Application: Now Open
Application Deadline: September 30, 2026
About the Awards
The Baldrige Foundation Awards Program recognizes individuals and organizations whose leadership, innovation, and commitment to performance excellence have created meaningful and lasting impact. Through a distinguished portfolio of awards, the program honors exceptional leaders, emerging professionals, and organizations that demonstrate excellence in leadership, innovation, resilience, community impact, project execution, and the advancement of performance excellence principles. Rooted in the values of the Baldrige Framework, the awards celebrate those who not only achieve outstanding results but also build sustainable systems, share knowledge, and inspire others to pursue excellence across business, healthcare, education, energy, government, manufacturing, nonprofit, cybersecurity, community, and other globally relevant areas.
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We are Building a Legacy of Excellence
Help us provide inspiration to the thousands of organizations in manufacturing, health care, education, communities, and government that are using the Baldrige Framework to create jobs and strengthen the economy, increase the quality and access to health care, and improve K-12 and higher education as we navigate these challenging times.
Baldrige Foundation Institute for Performance Excellence
Improving the practice of leadership and management in pursuit of performance excellence.
