Thank you for your interest in applying for ATD's Advancing Talent Development Awards.

You may choose from the following categories:

• Talent Development Champion Award
• Talent Development Thought Leader Award
• Talent Development Innovation Award
• Talent Development One to Watch Award 
• Talent Development for Good Award
• Talent Development Outstanding Professional Award 

Select the category from the drop-down menu on the entry form.

Specific instructions and eligibility are provided for each category when you select them.

A note to nominees/nominators: There should only be one submission per nominee. If you are aware that you are being nominated by someone else, please do not submit multiple applications from different nominators. ATD will only consider one application per entrant (whether it is self-nominated or nominated by another person). If you are nominating someone, please inform them of the nomination.

Applications for 2025 recognition are now open.

The deadline to apply is December 16, 2024.

Click below to access the online applications. If you don't already have an account created in this online platform, you'll need to create one by clicking on the entry form link. (This login is not associated with ATD single sign-on.) 

Click Here to Access the Entry Form