Trailblazer Award Criteria CSPC 2023

The Nominee must have innovated or catalyzed change that has had a positive and significant impact on the Canadian Science, Technology and Innovation ecosystem through at least one, and up to three, of the following areas:

• Policy making: has demonstrated novelty and creativity, leading to a significant impact on policy making in general, policy making for science and innovation, and/or the use of science in policy making.
• Advancing research: has made bold contributions to research in science policy and/or innovation policy.
• Mobilizing knowledge: has made significant contributions to mobilizing and disseminating knowledge to communities across the country.
• Community-building: has made a transformative impact in bridging the various stakeholders of science and/or innovation policy, building a more cohesive and connected science and innovation community.
• Championing/advocating: has contributed in innovative and creative ways to promote and raise the profile of science policy and/or innovation policy.
• Capacity-building: has contributed to training, mentoring, inspiring, or developing the next generation of scientists and policy makers by spearheading change through an inclusive and collaborative approach.
• Enhancing productivity/development: has enabled a culture of productivity, economic development, or entrepreneurship.
• Enhancing social innovation: has made distinct and transformative impact and contributions to making human and natural systems more adaptive, sustainable, and resilient.

Please note: Statements made in the nomination form may be used to describe the winner during the awards ceremony.

1. Impact Statement: Describe how the Nominee’s work has (1) innovated or catalyzed change, and (2) impacted on the Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation ecosystem. Please use quantitative and/or qualitative data to demonstrate the significance and transformation of the Nominee’s impact (Maximum 800 words).
   Specifically describe:
   • The depth and breadth of the impact.
   • The novelty and creativity of the Nominee’s work.
2. Relevance to Area(s) of Impact: Describe how the work and the impact of the Nominee’s contribution are relevant to each selected Area of Impact (see above) (Maximum 300 words for each Area of Impact).
3. Role of Nominee in Impact: Elaborate on the role the Nominee played in contributing to the impact and results achieved (Maximum 300 words per Area of Impact referenced).
4. Leadership and Dedication: Describe how the Nominee has shown leadership, dedication and sustained commitment to the overall advancement of the science and innovation policy ecosystem (Maximum 400 words).

Nominations will be evaluated by the t Awards Selection Committee, composed of leaders in the Science, Technology,Innovation and Policy ecosystem. Nominations are evaluated based on the responses to the questions below and the following criteria:

1. Depth and breadth of the impact and the impact of the transformational change on the Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy ecosystem.
2. Novelty and creativity of the Nominee’s work that has innovated or catalyzed change.
3. Relevance to the Area(s) of Impact.
4. Leadership and sustained commitment.

• The Nominee must be an individual living in Canada.
• Nominees may include individuals at any stage of their career.
• Nominees can be from any sector, including industry, government, academia, not-for-profit organizations, 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 before, during, and after the event.
• The CSPC and the judges will not release any information in the nomination form that is specified as confidential (marked above with an *asterisk).
• The current CSPC Board, staff, Award Committee volunteers, and members of the Awards Selection Committee, must not be nominated.

Nomination forms must be submitted, in English or French, by 23:59 (Nominator’s local time) on Friday, September 15th, 2023.

All the required elements for a successful nomination are listed in the nomination form. Upon submission, please ensure your nomination is fully completed and that it adheres to the stated word limits.

If you have any issues in submitting your proposal or any questions regarding the submission, please email awards.prix@sciencepolicy.ca.