The 2026 edition of the Standards+Innovation award will be the 8th celebration of the contribution of research to standardization with a dedicated award ceremony later this year.
Again this year, CEN and CENELEC invite their members to send their nominations for the standards+innovation awards. The award which recognises the contribution of research was last year extended to also include an award on education on standardization.
Members will therefore have the opportunity to nominate candidates in four different categories this year:
- European R&I project: concerns project which have successfully addressed standardization. Both ongoing and closed projects can be nominated. (nomination template)
- Individual Researcher/Innovator: dedicated to an individual who have successfully integrated standardisation in the innovation process in support for market uptake, or developed research outcomes which have contributed to standardization. (nomination template)
- Young Researcher: is for students or researchers under the age of 30 who have integrated standardisation successful in their R&I work. (nomination template)
- Education: is dedicated to an individual whose efforts have contribute to promoting or improving the teaching of standardization in Europe. (nomination template)
Each member can nominate two candidates under each category, provided they have not previously been nominated for the same effort. The call will remain open until 15 July.
The Education award will be celebrated during the final event of the Edu4Standards.eu project in Brussels on 25 November. All members and other interested parties are invited to the event upon prior registration on the event page.
The time and place of the award ceremony for the other three awards will be announced later.
