10 years on: Cancer Research UK Anniversary Awards

Nominations will open for 2 weeks from Wednesday 23rd January 2019 via a webform that will be sent to all registered delegates.

Delegates can nominate one person per category. They must provide the person’s name, institution, job title and 50-word summary on why this person is being nominated.

Nominations close Wednesday 6th February 2019 at noon.

Shortlisting: anyone with 5 or more votes will automatically be shortlisted for CRUK to then decide who will go through to the delegate vote based on the descriptive text submitted. In the case of no nominees receiving 5 votes or more, the nominee with the next highest number of votes will be selected for shortlisting by CRUK. Selection criteria is based on the 50 word profile that people submit on the nomination form.

If there is a category with no nominations, CRUK reserves the right to nominate people based on their views and opinions.

Voting will open at the start of the conference and will close after the afternoon break at 3:45pm on Tuesday 12th February 2019.

Delegates will be given coloured cards in their delegate packs that match a voting box for each award. Delegates can only vote once per award and will be anonymous. Shortlisted nominee names and profiles will be showcased near each voting box.

Award nominations will be counted and verified by an external member of the core CRUK team, Head patient volunteer.

Awards will be presented at the anniversary dinner on the Tuesday evening.

People who have been shortlisted for final voting at the conference will be contacted beforehand to ensure they are present at the dinner, or to nominate someone to accept the award on their behalf.

In the event of a tie on the day, CRUK and the external adjudicator has the right to make the final decision.

Winners will receive a trophy/plaque engraved with the award name (will be engraved with their name post ceremony and sent to them) and a certificate.

Voting and nominations is closed to registered attendees only.

The CRUK team cannot vote (except for in the CRUK award) but they can be nominated.