Certification Incentive Application

Terms and Conditions

1. Eligibility

  • Only Associate, Principal, and Sponsor Members in good standing are eligible for this program.

  • Eligibility is triggered upon publication of a Certification in which the member company is the certifying party.

2. Incentive Request Process

  • An online request form link will be provided to members following a qualifying Certification publication.

  • Companies must complete and submit the Application to request the Incentive.

  • Applications must be submitted within the NFC Forum’s fiscal year* in which the Certification is published.

  • *NFC Forum’s fiscal year ends on October 31 and begins on November 1 each year.

3. Incentive Value and Application

  • Incentives have no cash value and cannot be transferred.

  • Incentives are a $1,000 credit applied to the company’s next Membership Renewal.

  • The credit will be reflected directly on the renewal invoice and cannot be exchanged for cash or other Forum-related expenses.

4. Program Restrictions

  • The total Incentive applied each fiscal year cannot exceed the total amount of the members’ Membership Renewal Dues.

  • Incentives not requested by the end of the NFC Forum’s fiscal year will be considered unclaimed and removed from the Accounts Payable Reserve on the first day of the following fiscal year.

  • If a certificate is approved within one week of the fiscal year end, the certifier will be granted a 30-day grace period to request the incentive.

  • Only one Incentive per published Certification.

5. Administrative Discretion

  • The organization reserves the right to verify the Certification Incentive Application and member eligibility.

  • All decisions regarding Incentive eligibility and application are final and made at the discretion of program administrators.