Canadian Science Policy Centre Awards

Eligibility

Trailblazer Awards:

• 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.

Youth Award:

• Applications must be made by an individual under the age of 35 at the time of submission.
• Applicants must be a resident of Canada or a Canadian citizen studying or working abroad.
• Policy proposals must have an expected positive impact for Canada.
• Scores and feedback provided by the Award Selection Committee will not be disclosed for any reason.
• All applicants give the right to the CSPC to profile their submission in all conference materials or CSPC website before, during, and after the event.
• The CSPC and the Awards Selection Committee members will keep the personal information of applicants confidential.
• The current CSPC Board, management, staff, volunteers and members of the Awards Selection Committee, may not apply for the Science Policy Youth Award.
• The winner will be required to provide a brief biography before the award ceremony.

Summary

CSPC Trailblazer Awards: 

The CSPC Trailblazer Awards recognize individuals who have demonstrated novelty and creativity through leadership, vision, courage, and commitment and have positively and significantly impacted Science, Technology, Innovation and Society in Canada. 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 2025 will present four Trailblazer Awards, one in each of the categories of Policy for Science, Science for Policy, Innovation Policy, and Science & Society.

Science Policy Youth Award:

This 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.

Application deadlines

Program application deadline

Nomination forms must be submitted, in English or French, by 23:59 (Nominator’s local time) on Saturday June 14th, 2025.