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The Impact Awards, organised by PraxisUnico, recognise and celebrate the success of collaborative working and the process of transferring knowledge and expertise beyond higher education, charities and public sector research establishments for the wider benefit of society and the economy. 

The Impact Awards will reward and recognise those teams, and individuals, that have produced outstanding impact through successful knowledge transfer.

2012 AWARD CATEGORIES

Business Impact - Achieved

This award recognises projects that have made an outstanding business impact through successful knowledge transfer, where the impact can be quantified and measured.

Business Impact - Aspiring

This award recognises projects that promise to make an outstanding business impact through successful knowledge transfer, but where the impact may be currently latent or unquantifiable.

Collaborative Impact

This award recognises collaborative projects that leverage the intellectual assets of the research base. Types of projects might include research collaborations or consultancy with business or the public sector and/or knowledge transfer projects involving more than one higher education or research institute.

KT Achiever of the Year

This award recognises an individual, who has not more than five years' experience in a technology/knowledge transfer role.

WHY ENTER

HOW TO ENTER

Important Dates

3 February 2012
First call for entries

5 April 2012 (closing date extended from 30 March)
Closing date for entries

22 May 2012
Shortlist announced

14 June 2012
Awards Ceremony and Annual Conference Gala Dinner in Southampton

Awards Host & Presenter

Maggie PhilbinWe are pleased to invite Maggie Philbin back to host and present The Impact Awards 12.

Maggie currently provides analysis and comment on technology for BBC Breakfast News and a regular reporter on BBC 1’s “Inside Out”, and BBC 1 The One Show. Click here for Maggie's biography

 

 

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The Impact Awards are organised by PraxisUnico, the UK's leading research commercialisation organisation. PraxisUnico supports innovation and the commercialisation of public sector and charity research for social and economic impact.