Enter the Awards
The entry period for the Innovation and Impact Awards 2027 is now open! Please enter your project or nominate a colleague by completing the entry form.
Entries must be submitted by Friday 8 January 2027.
Eligibility:
Entries and nominations are welcomed from all UEA staff, students and recent graduates (within five years).
Colleagues working at Norwich Research Park institutes are also eligible to enter if the individual or the project being submitted has a formal affiliation/link with UEA (i.e. research/commercial project collaboration, funding co-application, affiliation with UEA by REF submission, etc.) UEA must be able to call this a UEA project, or a collaborative project between UEA and another institution, in communications and marketing materials.
Colleagues are also invited to nominate peers for an Award. Nominees will have the opportunity to review and add/amend content before their project is submitted for judging.
Assessment criteria:
Entries and nominations will be assessed against the following judging criteria:
- Innovation
- Impact
- Collaboration
Finalists and winners will be selected by a judging panel chaired by Prof Julian Blow (Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation) and including senior UEA colleagues, as well as guest judges from partner organisations including Aviva, Hethel Innovation, the National Trust, Norfolk Wildlife Trust, and Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group.
Please email the RIN Communications, Marketing and Events team on uea.innovation@uea.ac.uk if you have any queries.