‌‌‌‌‌‌Making a nomination

Nominations for the 2025 President's Awards for Excellence in Societal Engagement are now open! 

For 2025: Please use the new nomination system to enter your nomination. Deadline is 14 March 2025. (Extended to 21 March 2025)

Please see the guidance for the new nomination system (PDF) for a step by step to how to submit your nomination.

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For further information please contact societal_engagement@imperial.ac.uk.

Up until 2024: Nominations were made using our now archived online award system. Please refer to the Awards system user guide (PDF) to view how this system was used.

What information do I need to prepare a nomination?

Before making a nomination, please check the guidance documents for each award category and their eligibility requirements.

Who can make a nomination?

Nominations can be made by staff and students from all areas of the College. Self-nomination is not permitted for individual nominations.

When nominating a team, the team leader’s name should be used in the ‘nominee’ field. Please include the name of the project or team, and the names of each team member within your nomination. Please only include team members that actively contributed to the activities outlined in the evidence submitted.

Who selects the winners?

Award winners for each award category are conferred by a selection panel Chaired by Professor Maggie Dallman, Associate Provost (Societal Engagement). The winner of the President's Medal for exceptional contributions to societal engagement will also be chosen by the selection panel from the pool of nominations received across all four award categories.

Selection panel representation:

  1. Chair: Professor Maggie Dallman - Associate Provost (Societal Engagement)
  2. Marta Archanco - Head of Research Impact Management Office (Enterprise)
  3. Nico Henry - Deputy President (Welfare), Imperial College Union
  4. Sabine van Elsland – 2024 Leadership Award Winner
  5. Andrew Tebbutt - Director of Outreach

Supporting the panel will be:

    • Vicky Brightman - Director of Public Engagement
    • Charlotte Coales - Engagement Manager (Capacity Building)

Please note - scores are assigned only on the strength of the evidence presented in the nomination form in demonstrating that the nominee meets each of the award criteria.

Can I nominate someone who has already won a President's Award?

Previous award winners may not be re-nominated for the same category of award until at least three years have passed since their previous success (i.e. winners of 2022, 2023, 2024 cannot be re-nominated for the same award in 2025).

Past winners

Get inspired by the people and projects that have won the President's Awards for Excellence in Societal Engagement in years gone by.