The Standards+Innovation Awards acknowledge and celebrate the important contributions of Researchers, Innovators and Entrepreneurs to Standardization.
Nominations for these awards comes from the CEN and CENELEC national members of the 34 European countries.
Awards are presented in these categories:
Project award presented annually to a European research / innovation project (H2020 / Horizon Europe) who successfully contributes to standardization.
Individual researcher/innovator presented annually to an individual who successfully introduces her/his research outcome or innovation into standardization, thereby creating impact for her/his work
Young Researcher presented annually to an individual student, under 30 years of age, based on the work done for academic theses, doctoral dissertations or other university research project addressing standardization.
Education Award presented annually in recognition of efforts which the past year has contributed to promoting of improving the teaching of standardization in Europe.
Technical Body Officer biennial award presented to a technical body officer (Secretary, Chair, Convenor) who actively and successfully collaborated with researchers/innovators within his/her technical body.