Submit a Nomination

Welcome! Thank you for your interest in submitting a nomination for the Service to America Medals®.

Nominations for the 2027 Service to America Medals® are open through Friday, October 9, 2026. Honorees will be announced during Public Service Recognition Week (May 3-7, 2027).

Before you submitting your nomination, please review the eligibility details, our tips for a strong nomination and our FAQs

To save an incomplete nomination and return to it later, click the “Save my progress and resume later” checkbox near the top of each page. 

If you prefer, you can download the Word version of the form to work on. We strongly prefer online submissions, but if that is not possible, you can email them to us once it’s completed. 

Nominee Information
Note: If you are submitting a team nomination, please fill out the team lead’s information in this section. The team leader will serve as a spokesman for the team, if selected. You may provide additional team information in a later section. 







If applicable, please include the organization's parent agency. E.g. the parent agency for NIST would be Department of Commerce.




Note: We will utilize alternate contacts to assist with nominee communication. Alternate contacts can be the nominee’s executive assistant or any other preferred secondary contact.

Please do not include personal or additional email addresses of the nominee in this box.



Team Information
Note: For team submissions, at least one designated team lead is required for recognition purposes. If needed, up to two additional team members can be named. There is a maximum of three named individuals. Team nominations may also include a team name. 

Examples include:

1 nominee and team name: Thuc Hoang and the Advanced Simulation and Computing Team (2025) 
2 nominees: Neil Cheatwood and Stephen Hughes (2024) 
2 nominees and team name: Luis Coronado Jr., Matt Pierce and the Online Passport Renewal Team (2025) 
3 nominees: Tony Mento, Camille Otto and Hari Kalla (2024) 
3 nominees and team name: Christina Ritter, Lara Strawbridge, Daniel Heider and the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Team (2025)



Note: If there are more than two additional team members, please just use the team name as your submission. 
Team Member 2








If applicable, please include the organization's parent agency. E.g. the parent agency for NIST would be Department of Commerce.






Team Member 3








If applicable, please include the organization's parent agency. E.g. the parent agency for NIST would be Department of Commerce.






Nominator or Submitter Information

Note: If you know the nominee(s), can describe their work and are submitting this nomination yourself, you're the nominator! 
If you are submitting this on behalf of the person who knows the nominee(s) and can describe their work, you're the submitter! (This includes agency awards coordinators, administrative assistants, etc.)
Submitter Information 
Hint: This is your information, not the nominator's









Nominator Information











Note: We will utilize alternate contacts to assist with nominator communication. Alternate contacts can be the nominator's executive assistant or any other preferred secondary contact.


Reference Information

Identify and provide contact information for three references who can speak to the impact of the nominee's work. The nominator is automatically considered a reference and should not be repeated below. Options to consider:

  • A supervisor who can verify the nominee’s employment status and help us better understand the true nature and scope of the accomplishment. 
  • An external validator who can speak to the impact of the nominee's work, such as a private sector or nonprofit colleague, a researcher.
  • An individual served by or directly benefitting from the nominee's work.

Reference #1









Alternate contacts can be the reference's executive assistant or any other preferred secondary contact, but please do not include their personal email address.

Reference #2









Alternate contacts can be the reference's executive assistant or any other preferred secondary contact, but please do not include their personal email address.

Reference #3









Alternate contacts can be the reference's executive assistant or any other preferred secondary contact, but please do not include their personal email address.

Accomplishment Information

Accomplishment Description
In 600 words or less, summarize the concrete accomplishment for which this person or team should be recognized. 
  • Use jargon-free language
  • Describe the challenge/ problem, how the nominee solved it and why it is important to the American public
  • Where possible, include quantifiable outcomes such as dollars saved or the number of people helped
  • Explain who the accomplishment benefits and how it benefits them
  • Indicate when the accomplishment occurred. Explain how the work was innovative
  • The accomplishments must be related to the nominee's work as a federal employee (in other words, not community, volunteer or active-duty service)
Additional Resources
Should you wish to include any links to additional resources about the accomplishment, such as reports, government websites, press releases or media coverage, you may do so below. Please separate each link with a line break.