| Event | Date |
| Program announcement | December 17, 2012 |
| Deadline for applications | March 3, 2013 |
| Awards announced and winners notified | May 1, 2013 |
| Winners of first-place Open Competition awards submit summaries to ANS Winter Meeting | June 1, 2013 |
| American Nuclear Society 2013 Winter Meeting | November 10-14, 2013 |
| Innovators' Forum | TBA |