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USDA BioPreferred® Program Champion Award Nomination Instructions

USDA Assistant Secretary for Administration
USDA BioPreferred Program Champion Award Nomination

The Five Simple Steps

Click the Start Nomination Wizard button. This will result in the BioPreferred Program Champion Award Nomination form appearing.

 

 

There are seven panels in this form. For contact purposes the email addresses must not contain any errors or the nomination will not be able to be submitted. See below for instructions pertaining to the individual panels. You can navigate through the panels using the Next or Previous buttons as well as click on the panel title on left-side of the wizard.

 

 

Fill in the Captcha Challenge on the last panel to ensure a secure submission and click Finish. If you are unable to fill out all seven panels in one sitting, click the Save button. When you return to this site your BioPreferred Program Champion Award Nomination will be automatically loaded for you.

 

 

After clicking the Finish button you will receive an email, as will the agency head for the employee you are nominating. The agency head must formally submit the BioPreferred Champion Award Nomination. This is done by them clicking the "Review and Submit" link included in the email that is sent to them. This action will navigate them to a site where they can review the nomination and formally submit it. If the agency head loses their email for some reason, a link is included in the email sent to you that can be used to resend the email to the agency head. Simply click the "Resend email to agency head" link included in your email.

 

 

After the agency head clicks the "I approve this nomination" link on the Review and Submit page the BioPreferred Champion Award Nomination is formally submitted for review.

The Individual Panels

The Nominator This is you, the person initiating the nomination.
Required Fields:
  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Agency
  • Email address - be sure this is accurate.
The Nominated Employee This is the person being nominated.
Required Fields:
  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Agency
  • Email address - be sure this is accurate.
The Agency Head This is the agency head of the nominated employee. (Note: this is not your agency head unless it is the same as the employee being nominated.)
Required Fields:
  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Agency
  • Email address - be sure this is accurate.
The Group Members Are there any members of the nominated employee's group that you wish to include in the nomination? This can be left blank. If you do choose to include a group member, the required fields are: first name, last name, and email address.

 
The Justification Details The Summary - this is limited to 20 words and anything beyond that will be truncated.
The Details - this is limited to 2,000 words. Again, anything beyond 2,000 words will be truncated. It is best to copy and paste text into this box since any network problem would result in you losing all your text.

 
Uploading Images Up to four JPG/JPEG image files may be uploaded to support the nomination.

 
Review and Submit This panel exists as a safe guard. Type whatever characters are showing in the graphics box. You may wish to review the information on the panels and click Finish.

For questions or comments please send email to BPAwardsInfo@dm.USDA.gov.