Sponsor

Canadian Science Policy Centre

Description

The CSPC Trailblazer Awards recognize individuals who have demonstrated novelty and creativity through leadership, vision, courage, and commitment, and positively and significantly impacted the Canadian Science, Technology and Innovation ecosystem. These individuals have been instrumental in boldly spearheading change via one or more transformative initiatives, while blazing a trail and inspiring others to follow.

CSPC 2024 will present four Trailblazer Awards, one in each of the categories of Policy for Science, Science for Policy, Innovation Policy and finally, a new award as of this year: Science & Society.

CSPC encourages nominations from all disciplines of policy and science (natural sciences, engineering and technology, health and life sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities) and from all sectors (governments at all levels, academia, private and nonprofit sectors, media, and others).

Please note that technological or scientific discoveries or inventions are not considered for this award.

The Youth Award recognizes an individual under the age of 35 who proposes an innovative and compelling evidence-based policy proposal that will make a positive impact to Canadian society, economy, and/or environment. Proposals should be connected to one or more of the themes/topics for the 2024 CSPC Conference.

Eligibility

Trailblazer Award: 

• Nominees must be residents of Canada or Canadian citizens living abroad.
• Nominees can be at any stage of their career.
• Nominees can be from any sector, including industry, government, academia, not-for-profit organizations, media, etc.
• All scores and feedback provided by the Awards Selection Committee will not be disclosed for any reason.
• Upon Nominees’ consent, the CSPC reserves the right to profile any Impact Statement in all Conference materials and CSPC website before, during, and after the event.
• The CSPC and the Awards Selection Committee members will not release any confidential information from the nomination form.
• The current CSPC Board, staff, Award Committee volunteers, and members of the Awards Selection Committee cannot nominate anyone nor be nominated.
• Self-nominations are NOT accepted

Youth Award: Applicant must be a Canadian resident under 35 years of age. Faculty, please consider your graduate students and postdocs for this award and encourage them to apply if they fit the criteria. 

Prize

The Trailblazer Award winner will be recognized prominently at the 16th Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC 2024), at the Gala Dinner which will be held during the conference in Ottawa. The Trailblazer Award winner will receive free admission to CSPC 2024 along with accommodation for two nights at the designated hotel for the conference. The award winner will also receive a trophy and certificate from CSPC. Please see the previous Trailblazer Winners ceremony here.

The Youth Award winner will be recognized prominently at the 16th Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC 2024), at the Gala Dinner which will be held during the conference in Ottawa. The Science Policy Youth Award winner will receive free admission to CSPC 2024 along with accommodation for two nights at the designated hotel for the conference. The award winner will also receive a trophy and certificate from CSPC. Travel support will be available for eligible students. Please see the previous Award Winners ceremony here.

How to Apply

Nominations are submitted through the online form on the CSPC website.

For More Information

Visit the CSPC website.