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Safeguarding and Safe Trade Awards

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The PPQ Deputy Administrator's Safeguarding Award and Safe Trade Award

recognize outstanding initiatives and innovations that protect American agriculture

and plant resources.

Safeguarding Award

The Safeguarding Award recognizes exceptional work in PPQ’s safeguarding mission.

The basis for the award is PPQ’s safeguarding continuum, which is a wide range of

activities that PPQ and our partners undertake to prevent the entry and spread of

pests that threaten America’s agricultural and natural resources. 

This continuum includes offshore programs, permitting, border and port inspection,

pest identification and mitigation, smuggling interdiction and trade compliance, new

pest detection and response, and pest eradication and management. The award

celebrates outstanding initiative and innovation, ingenuity, common sense, and

efforts that go above and beyond expectations and deliver results from anywhere

within the safeguarding continuum. To see the recipients of past Safeguarding

Awards, visit Award Winners and Honorable Mentions.
If you are aware of a project or team that has exemplified PPQ’s mission and

commitment to safeguarding and safe trade, please consider nominating them.

Eligibility and Open Period

This year’s award will cover activities occurring between January 1 and December

31, 2023. Eligible nominees include employees of PPQ and our cooperators—ranging

from Federal and State governments, Tribal nations, colleges and universities,

nonprofit institutions, and industry.

Submission of Nominations

Please follow the instructions on the form closely, clearly answer all questions, and

write a compelling story in the narrative section. For a team submission, be sure to

include everyone’s full name and affiliation on the nomination form. Keep your

nomination narrative concise, but do provide enough jargon-free detail so that

someone unfamiliar with the work can readily grasp its significance.

Use the Award Nomination Form and Team Nomination Template below to complete

your nomination.

Award Nomination Form (312.49 KB)

Team Nomination Template (24.65 KB) – to be used in conjunction to

nomination form for listing individual team members

Submit your nomination and any questions about the nomination process to

theppqdaac@usda.gov.

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Safe Trade Award

The PPQ Deputy Administrator’s Safe Trade Award recognizes exceptional work in

safeguarding America’s agricultural and natural resources for the Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ). The basis

for the award is the APHIS and PPQ Mission Statements. The award recognizes

individuals or teams that contribute to international and regional plant health

standards, market access facilitation, market access dispute resolution or other
strategic initiatives in support of APHIS/PPQ’s mission. The award celebrates

outstanding initiative and innovation; efforts that go above and beyond

expectations; common sense and ingenuity; and demonstrated results that support

safe trade. The PPQ Deputy Administrator will consider nominations that

demonstrate the best mix of these elements. Above all, a nomination should

showcase work that has risen above expectations and that is truly exceptional in

promoting safe trade. To see the recipients of past Safe Trade Awards, visit the

Award Winners and Honorable Mentions page.

If you are aware of a project or team that has exemplified PPQ’s mission and

commitment to safeguarding and safe trade, please consider nominating them.

Eligibility and Open Period

This year’s award will cover activities occurring between January 1 and December

31, 2023. Eligible nominees include employees of PPQ and our cooperators—ranging

from Federal and State governments, colleges and universities, non-profit

institutions, industry, and Tribal nations.

Submission of Nominations

Please follow the instructions on the form closely, clearly answer all questions, and

write a compelling story in the narrative section. For a team submission, be sure to

include everyone’s full name and affiliation on the nomination form. Please keep

your nomination narrative concise, but do provide enough jargon-free detail so that

someone unfamiliar with the work can readily grasp its significance.

Please use the pdf nomination from and Excel Team Nomination Template below to

complete your nomination.

Award Nomination Form

Team Nominee Template (24.65 KB) – to be used in conjunction to nomination

form for listing individual team members

Please submit your nomination and any questions regarding the nomination process

to: theppqdaac@usda.gov.

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