NOMINATE A PERSON OR TECHNOLOGY
Help us find exceptional technical leaders.
Nominate a researcher, inventor, principal investigator, technical founder, company owner, or publicly described technology that may have a credible national-security, critical-infrastructure, or strategic-resilience pathway.
Public evidence is enough · Human-reviewed · Transparent outreach
A public profile or evidence link is enough. Do not submit a private résumé, confidential recommendation, student record, controlled information, sensitive personal information, or restricted technical material.
What makes a strong nomination
A strong nomination identifies:
- The person or technology.
- One specific public fact showing technical evidence.
- A bounded reason the work may matter.
- The nominee’s apparent role or connection to the capability.
- A public source that allows ADF to verify the information.
A nomination is a referral for human review. It does not mean the nominee has been selected, approved, or endorsed by any government organization, customer, investor, institution, or partner.
Use public facts—not private evaluations
Useful sources include:
- An institution, laboratory, or company page.
- A publication, patent, award, grant, demonstration, or product page.
- A professional profile supplied with authority.
- A public conference talk, technical presentation, or standards contribution.
Do not include private performance assessments, personal contact lists, student records, citizenship or clearance information, health or family information, or material you are not authorized to share.
NOMINATION FORM
Nominate a researcher, founder, or technology
Use public information or information you are authorized to provide. A public profile and one evidence link are sufficient to begin.
ADF may independently review the public evidence and may contact the nominee with a transparent explanation of why the outreach was made. A nomination does not guarantee contact or participation.
What happens after submission
Evidence review
A human reviewer checks the public evidence, the nominee’s apparent role, and whether the capability-to-mission hypothesis is specific enough to justify outreach.
Transparent invitation
When outreach is appropriate, the invitation should explain why the person was contacted, identify the source category, and make clear that participation is optional.
Respectful routing
The result may be no contact, a request for clarification, an invitation to claim or correct a profile, or an invitation to request a Founder Fit Review.