Thank you for submitting a nomination for a 2025 FORUM Innovation Award!

The FORUM Innovation Awards celebrate groundbreaking technology initiatives that transform how agencies fulfill their missions. Selected through peer nomination and review, these winning programs demonstrate measurable impact through technological innovation and exemplary cross-team collaboration. These awards also recognize the measurable results and cooperative spirit between Government and Industry, that drive agency success.

In 2025, the FORUM Innovation Awards will honor technology programs within these three major agency verticals:

  • Health IT
  • Federal Civilian
  • Defense

To submit a program for consideration, please complete the form below. You may reference publicly available information and links that showcase the program or project. Incomplete responses will be discarded.

All FORUM Innovation Award nominations are due by 5:00 PM EDT on Friday, April 4, 2025.


Step 1: Contact Information

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* 1. Federal Government POC Information

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* 2. Submitting Party Information

Step 2: Award Nomination Information

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* 3. Please indicate the Industry vertical for your program:

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* 4. What is the name of your project/program?

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* 5. Why are you nominating this program (i.e. what make it innovative)?

Please limit responses to 250 words, and please focus on the following criteria in your response:

  • Demonstrating impactful leadership or mentoring as an integral part of the program
  • Applying innovative technology to drive business transformation and modernization for the agency
  • Embracing change management by fostering new ways for team to meet or exceed program objectives

(The nomination review committee will review each of the criteria distinctly and will create a cumulative score based on each aspect.)

** A primary focus of the evaluation process will be on results achieved.

All Forum Innovation Award nominations are due by 5:00 PM EDT on Thursday, May 1, 2025.

Nomination Review Committee: The Committee will include a mix of Federal Government and Industry leaders. Would you like to volunteer? Contact us at maryann.brown@govforum.io.

Winners will be recognized during the Forum Innovation Awards, to be held June 23, 2025. They will also be featured on GovForum.io.

Questions? Please contact maryann.brown@govforum.io.