Recognizing achievements since the beginning of 2024 in all administrative support, production support, security, maintenance, research, and related functions that are not addressed by any of the other category groups. Note that these categories are not for customer service-related support functions. There are separate customer service categories available.

Nominations that won in the 2025 International Business Awards® may be resubmitted for consideration in the 2026 awards. If they have been updated with recent achievements, they may be submitted to the same categories in which they won. If they have not been updated, they must be submitted to categories different from those in which they won.

Information to be submitted online for entries in these categories in the 2026 competition include:

1. A written essay of of up to 4,900 characters describing the nominee's accomplishments since 1 January 2024, OR a video of up to five (5) minutes in length that answers all of the same questions:
a. Describe the nominee's accomplishments since 1 January 2024 (up to 4,900 characters). Required
b. In bullet-list form (up to 1,150 characters), a brief summary of up to ten (10) of the nominee's chief achievements since 1 January 2024. Required
c. Reference any attachments of supporting materials throughout this nomination and how they provide evidence of the claims you have made in this nomination (up to 1,500 characters). Optional

2. Optional (but highly recommended), add to your entry up to 10 webpage links and up to 10 document uploads to support your case to the judges. These might be press articles, press releases, videos, work samples, internal or external reviews, or employee feedback, for example.

L01. Support Department of the Year
Recognizes the recent achievements of everyone who works in support functions in your organization, regardless of function, location, seniority or position.

L02. Support Team of the Year
Recognizes some subset of your entire support organization, such as a specific maintenance, research, security, or production support team, for example. The team may be multidisciplinary, may span multiple organizations (your own organization, client organizations, and agency or vendor organizations), and may be a permanent team or a temporary team that was assembled only for a specific task or assignment.