Nominate for the Uppsala University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award 2025

Thank you for nominating a candidate for the Uppsala University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award!

Your nomination is the first and most important step in the process of selecting a recipient. Please put a little extra effort into your statement of reasons, as this is the most important factor in selecting the recipient.

The following criteria should be the basis of the nomination:
• The recipient should have made a crucial contribution to the successful commercialisation or implementation of a discovery or innovation based on research or education at Uppsala University, with considerable benefit to society.
• The recipient should have helped to create a new viable enterprise through their entrepreneurial efforts, and recently have been active in its growth and success.
• The recipient should be or have been a student, active as a researcher or employee, or in some other way have a strong connection to the University.

The nomination period will close on 30 November 2024.

Whom would you like to nominate for the Uppsala University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award?

The award can be shared between up to three recipients a year, provided they have all contributed to the same entrepreneurial achievement. Should you wish to nominate additional individuals for different entrepreneurial achievements, we kindly ask you to make separate nominations.

Statement of reasons

The statement of reasons is the most important tool in the selection process. Therefore, it is of great importance to include our top criteria:
• How the nominee(s) have contributed to the successful commercialisation or implementation of a discovery or innovation based on research or education at Uppsala University, with considerable benefit to society.
• How the nominee(s)’ entrepreneurial efforts have contributed to a viable enterprise.
• How the nominee(s) have been recently involved in the enterprise’s growth and success.

Information about the nominator

Handling your personal data

Uppsala University will process the personal data you provide in this form for administering your nomination. By submitting your nomination you consent to the processing of your data in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679). You can read more about this at the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection website, www.imy.se. Uppsala University is the controller of your personal data.

You can find general information regarding Uppsala University’s processing of personal data in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation in the Uppsala University data protection policy. It specifies all the rights you have when your personal data is processed by Uppsala University and where you can turn to exercise your rights. The data protection policy can be found here: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/data-protection-policy. The Uppsala University data protection officer can be contacted via dataskyddsombud@uu.se. You have the right to have your personal data erased from Uppsala University’s systems at any time. Please contact us via innovation@uu.se.