Awards are much more than medals and crystals. When you nominate a deserving standards champion, you help set a benchmark for the entire standards ecosystem—and shine a light on the individuals who shape systems that industry and society depend on, every day.
Don’t let valuable standards colleagues go unrecognized: Nominate a leader for ANSI’s 2026 Leadership and Service Awards by April 15!
Who Should Be Nominated?
ANSI’s Leadership and Service Awards honor individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions to voluntary consensus standards development, conformity assessment, and workforce development—representing a sustained commitment to industry, the nation, and the global standardization system.
Representatives of industry, government, academia, consumer organizations, and the U.S. voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment community—except for current officers of the Institute's Board of Directors—are considered eligible for an award.
ANSI will present the awards at a ceremony on Wednesday, July 29, at the Grand Hyatt Denver during the ANSI Innovation Summit 2026.
How to Nominate
What Happens Next
Recipients will be selected by a committee comprising officers of the ANSI Board of Directors, with awardees expected to be announced in spring of 2026.
