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.
- 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.