Eligibility Criteria

The award process is open to both for- and non-profit public and private organizations.  This includes manufacturing, service, healthcare, education and government.

The organization or subsidiary must be located in Nebraska. 

Subsidiaries are eligible if they have distinct organizational charts, financial reports, and annual reports. 

The business organization must have existed for at least one year.

More than 50% of the sales of the applicant must be to customers outside of the applicant’s parent organization, its parent company, and other companies with financial or organizational control of the applicant or its parent company.

Businesses not headquartered in Nebraska must demonstrate that the unit or subsidiary applying has a significant number of employees in Nebraska who are responsible for 1) the product or service delivered 2) the results of the quality management processes and 3) are linked to the Nebraska unit or subsidiary.

Only one branch of a business or organization may apply in the same year.  Independently operated subsidiaries are not considered branch facilities.  A parent company or organization and its subsidiary may not apply in the same year.

Recipients of The Nebraska Edgerton Award of Excellence my not reapply for five years.