--- title: COS Safety Leadership Award description: The Safety Leadership Awards encourage and reward outstanding contributions by U.S. offshore industry participants to improve safety management and performance through leadership, communication, and teamwork. --- [Skip to content](https://landing.api.org/safety-leadership-award-nomination-form#main-content) [![COS_LOGO_CMYK-1](https://landing.api.org/hs-fs/hubfs/COS_LOGO_CMYK-1.png?width=233&height=102&name=COS_LOGO_CMYK-1.png)](https://www.centerforoffshoresafety.org) Open main navigation Close main navigation ### General Information --- # Selection Framework The mission of the Center for Offshore Safety (COS) is to promote the highest level of safety for the U.S. offshore oil and natural gas industry through effective leadership, communication, teamwork, utilization of disciplined management systems and independent third-party auditing and certification. The COS Safety Leadership Award Program intends to encourage and reward outstanding contributions to improving safety management and performance through leadership, communication, and teamwork by U.S. offshore oil and gas industry participants. Finalists' presentations will be shared on the COS website and past presentations can be viewed here - www.centerforoffshoresafety.org Two COS Leadership Recognition categories have been identified for 2026 1. Outstanding contribution in 2025/2026 by an **Operator** to the development and sharing of good safety management practices for the U.S. offshore oil and gas industry 2. Outstanding contribution in 2025/2026by a **Contractor** to the development and sharing of good safety management practices for the U.S. offshore oil and gas industry **Please address the criteria with clear and concise responses, with a maximum of three typed pages and 1,500 words or fewer.** Your nomination should describe how the nominee (project, initiative, program, or publication) eliminated or reduced safety risk or improved HSSE performance of offshore oil and gas operations. Preference will be given to those nominations: - - focused on major accident risk - covering both personal and process safety. - that actually demonstrate evidence of risk reduction or elimination and/or HSSE performance improvement. - where risk and HSSE performance improvement was delivered in a systematic way through a HSSE management system. - that were effectively shared with industry. - submitted per instructions and criteria. Pictures are allowed and encouraged. Videos are not accepted with the nomination but are certainly encouraged for the finalists’ presentations at the COS Forum. # Submission Deadline - July 1, 2026 A company may submit up to two nominations. Please send any questions to Brandy Harrington at [harringtonb@centerforoffshoresafety.org](mailto:harringtonb@centerforoffshoresafety.org). Upon receipt of the nomination, a confirmation will be sent. If you do not receive this confirmation, please contact COS at 281-978-4940. Follow us on LinkedIn: [linkedin-in icon](https://www.linkedin.com/company/center-for-offshore-safety/) --- [![Center for Offshore Safety Logo](https://landing.api.org/hs-fs/hubfs/COS_LOGO_CMYK_WHITE.png?width=792&height=612&name=COS_LOGO_CMYK_WHITE.png "Center for Offshore Safety Logo")](https://www.centerforoffshoresafety.org) The Center for Offshore Safety (COS) is an industry sponsored group focused exclusively on offshore safety on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The Center serves the US offshore oil and natural gas industry with the purpose of adopting standards of excellence to ensure continuous improvement in safety and offshore operational integrity. The Center for Offshore Safety 15377 Memorial Drive, Suite 250 Houston, TX 77079 USA Phone: 281-978-4940 Email: [info@centerforoffshoresafety.orga](mailto:info@centerforoffshoresafety.org) [Privacy Policy |](http://www.api.org/globalitems/globalfooterpages/privacy?__hstc=233415361.631b04c3b4a68695ca3cbeb1d27b0ad5.1661362198895.1661875063875.1661886163566.3&__hssc=233415361.1.1661886163566&__hsfp=207990621)[Terms & Conditions](http://www.api.org/globalitems/globalfooterpages/terms-and-conditions?__hstc=233415361.631b04c3b4a68695ca3cbeb1d27b0ad5.1661362198895.1661875063875.1661886163566.3&__hssc=233415361.1.1661886163566&__hsfp=207990621) © 2022 API. All rights reserved