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Individuals named in any of the following roles during the nomination and judging period are not eligible to nominate or be nominated:

• Education Prize Selection Panel members
• RSC Subject Community Presidents
• RSC Prize Committee members
• Trustees of the ÍâÍøÌìÌÃ
• ÍâÍøÌìÌà staff

Nominees

• The prize is open to teams or collaborations where at least one contributor is based within the UK and Ireland, and where the team demonstrates impact within the secondary or further education sector
• Nominees do not need to be members of the RSC
• Teams can only be considered for one of our Education prizes in any given year. In the case where a team is nominated for more than one prize independently, RSC staff will ask the primary contact for the team which prize they would like to be considered for
• Nominated teams should only be nominated once for this prize in any given prize cycle. In cases where we receive more than one nomination for the same team, only one nomination will go forward to judging
• Teams containing members who have been nominated for one of our individual Education prizes in the same year will be considered, however the nominations should be for substantially different bodies of work

Nominators

• Self nomination is permitted and encouraged
• Nominators do not need to be members of the RSC

• Please remember that the RSC will not award more than one prize for substantially the same body of work.
• All unsuccessful nominations from the previous cycle will be retained on our nomination system ahead of the next cycle. To be considered again, nominators must log in, update details, and resubmit the nomination for the following cycle. Please note that reconsideration is no longer automatic
  • RSC staff will write to nominators and nominees to confirm when the nomination window has re-opened. Nominators will receive instructions on how to log in and update the nomination.

To make a nomination, please use our online nominations system to submit the following information:

• Your name and contact details
• Details of a primary contact for the team
• A list of all individuals who are being nominated as part of the team or collaboration. The primary contact for the team will be asked to confirm the list and if necessary add additional team members at the point of nomination
• A short citation describing what the nominated team should be awarded for. This must be no longer than 250 characters (including spaces) and no longer than one sentence
• A supporting statement (up to 750 words) addressing the selection criteria
• References are not required for this prize and will not be accepted

We reserve the right to rescind any prize if there are reasonable grounds to do so. All nominators will be asked to confirm that, to the best of their knowledge, their nominee's professional standing is such that there is no confirmed or potential impediment to them receiving this prize. All winners will be asked to sign the RSC's Code of Conduct Declaration for Recognition.