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Director Message  |  About Fellows  |  Program Benefits  |  Current Cohort  |  Alumni Listing  |  Capstone Interviews  |  **#BaldrigeFellow****2025–2026 Application**: Now Open**Deadline: December 16, 2024**(Selection decisions will be made in January 2025.)How to ApplyTo apply, submit the following documents:Your resumé, including email, postal address, and telephone contact information; and the name and email address of an assistant or alternate contact personAn organizational chart that includes names and titles showing your position within the organizationA recommendation letter from your highest-ranking official showing the organization's support of your participation in the programA list of key competitors (in order that we may avoid creating a cohort that would be unable to share effectively due to competitive situations)**Contact**Dawn BaileyBaldrige Performance Excellence Program301.975.3074dawn.bailey [at] nist.gov(dawn[dot]bailey[at]nist[dot]gov)**Secure Email File Transfer**Packages can be submitted through the NIST secure file transfer site. Please follow directions below.Submit email address to dawn.bailey [at] nist.gov(dawn[dot]bailey[at]nist[dot]gov) to be invited to use the file transfer siteCreate an account and password and select registerSign into accountUpload package, send to dawn.bailey [at] nist.gov(dawn[dot]bailey[at]nist[dot]gov), and check transfer is completeSign out of accountSelection ProcessSelection decisions will be based on (1) sector mix, (2) appropriate level within the organization, (3) likelihood to follow through, (4) diversity, and (5) no direct competitors with participating award recipients or other Fellows. Candidates will be notified of the decision by January 10, 2025. Tuition payment of $30,000 is due by February 16, 2025. The fee covers all materials, as well as a standard hotel room and at least four meals for each session.KEY DATES2023-2024 Cohort Schedule**April 2–5, 2023**Program Kickoff34th Quest for Excellence ConferenceNational Harbor, MD**June 27–28, 2023**Atlanta, GA**October 18–19, 2023**Pittsburgh, PA**January 23–24, 2024**Washington, DC**April 6, 2024**Capstone Presentation35th Quest for Excellence ConferenceNational Harbor, MD2024-2025 Cohort Schedule***April 7-10, 2024**Program Kickoff35th Quest for Excellence Conference**®**National Harbor, MD**May 15-16, 2024**Towson, MD**September 17-18, 2024**Kansas City, MO**January 22-23, 2025**Los Angeles, CA**March 29, 2025**Capstone Presentation36th Quest for Excellence Conference**®**Baltimore, MD*Dates and locations subject to changeWhat Executive Fellows Are Saying*true payoff*Steven Schloss, United States Golf Association__________________________________The Fellows Program provides senior leaders the tools, framework, relationships, and best practice sharing in a highly interactive and thought provoking environment. We tend to move quickly and take little time out to learn and invest in our own growth. The one-year program commitment will have a true  payoff personally and for my organization for the long term.Resources2024 Baldrige Fellows Information Packet WordJourney to Excellence PDF, originally published in ASQ’s *Quality Progress*A Crowning Achievement for Your Own OrganizationPeer Learning, the Baldrige Fellows Program, by Harry Hertz, from *Leadership Excellence* July 2012 PDFBenefits for Participants PDFPaperwork Reduction Act NoticeOMB Control #0693-0076Expiration Date: September 30, 2025A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with an information collection subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 unless the information collection has a currently valid OMB Control Number. The approved OMB Control Number for this information collection is 0693-0076. Without this approval, we could not conduct this information collection. Public reporting for this information collection is estimated to be approximately 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information collection. All responses to this information collection are voluntary. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden to the National Institute of Standards and Technology at 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Attn: Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige Program, robert.fangmeyer [at] nist.gov(robert[dot]fangmeyer[at]nist[dot]gov).**Privacy Act Statement****Authority**:  The National Institute of Standards and Technology Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 271 et seq. (which includes Title 15 U.S.C. 272) and section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 3710a.The Baldrige Awards Program was created under public law 100-107 The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Improvement Act of 1987. 5 U.S.C. App.-Inspector General Act of 1978, § 2; 5 U.S.C. App.-Reorganization Plan of 1970, § 2; 13 U.S.C. § 2; 13 U.S.C. § 131; 15 U.S.C. § 272; 15 U.S.C. § 1151; 15 U.S.C. § 1501; 15 U.S.C. § 1512; 15 U.S.C. § 1516; 15 U.S.C. § 3704b; 16 U.S.C. § 1431; 35 U.S.C.§ 2; 42 U.S.C. § 3121 et seq.; 47 U.S.C. § 902; 50 U.S.C. App. § 2401 et seq.; E.O. 11625; 77 FR 49699 (Aug. 16, 1012).**Purpose**: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) oversees the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) which is the nation' s only Presidential award for performance excellence and offers a wide array of award-winning products and services, including the world-renowned Baldrige Excellence Framework. The function/purpose of the information collections is to support the needs and activities of the internal and external customers in support of this mission.**Routine Uses**: NIST will use this information to conduct necessary government business for the processing and the support needs of the BPEP. Disclosure of this information is permitted under the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. Section 522a) to be shared among NIST staff for work-related purposes.  Disclosure of this information is also subject to all the published routine uses as identified in the Privacy Act System of Records Notices: COMMERCE/ DEPT- 18: Employee Personnel Files Not Covered by Notices of Other Agencies; COMMERCE/DEPT-23: Information Collected in Connection with Department of Commerce Activities, Events, and Programs.**Disclosure**: Furnishing this information is voluntary, however, this information is required to obtain authorization to gain access to and participate in the specified BPEP activity.  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