Nightingale Awards 2025 Open For Entries
The Nightingale Awards program is accepting product entries for 2025. The annual awards honor new healthcare and contract (non-residential) products that are exhibited at the 2025 Healthcare Design Conference + Expo, held Oct. 25-28, at the Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, Mo.
Presented by Healthcare Design magazine in partnership with the HCD Conference + Expo, the Nightingale Awards recognize contributions to the healthcare built environment through product design and innovation that contribute to healing.
Nightingale competition guidelines
The product competition is open only to companies that are exhibitors during the 2025 HCD Conference. Products introduced to the U.S. market after Oct. 1, 2024, and not judged in previous Nightingale Awards are eligible for submission.
There are 21 product categories. Each manufacturer/brand may enter as many products into the competition as they wish, and products may be entered into one or more categories as the product fits.
A jury of healthcare design professionals and facility managers will review entries digitally prior to visiting the exhibitors’ booths (before the expo hall opens to attendees) to examine the products in person and ask questions of the manufacturers.
Awards announced at HCD Conference
Entrants are eligible for the following award types: Gold, Silver, Innovation, Sustainability, and one Best of Competition.
Winners will be announced live at the 2025 HCD Conference. Check out the 2024 award winners here.
The regular competition fee is $595.00 per entry through Sept. 8; the late fee is $695.00 per entry Sept. 9 through Oct. 10.
For more information on the 2025 Nightingale Awards Competition, including the rules and entry form, go here.
Find updates and additional information on the 2025 HCD Conference + Expo here.
