Awards
Nomination and Award Guidance
NB: Individuals / teams can be nominated for multiple award categories.
Award period:
Examples of meeting award category criteria should be drawn from experiences over an 18-month period from Thursday 1 January 2025 to Monday 22 June 2026. Receipt of every nomination will be acknowledged by email.
Who can be nominated?
CIMA members — in industry and in practice, also CIMA students, who are based in the UK or Europe, and who meet the criteria for a category, can make their own entry.
For team / project categories, it is not mandatory that all team members are CIMA members or students, provided it is demonstrated that CGMA competencies played a part in the success of a team / project.
Who can make a nomination?
Nominations can be made by the prospective nominee themselves, or by a third party, such as employers, colleagues, suppliers, and clients who have had close contact with the work of the prospective nominee.
How are nominations made?
Self and third-party nomination forms can be downloaded from the Award Categories page. Please navigate to the appropriate category and download the correct form.
Guidance is included in each of the forms, informing you how to name your final file, and what email address to send it to once completed.
By submitting a nomination, you will automatically agree to our privacy policy, which is included on the form.
What is the judging process?
All judges are Associates and Fellows of CIMA. At least three judges will be assigned to each category; together, they will review all the submissions and shortlist the strongest candidates. In subsequent meetings, a list of finalists and a winner will be decided. All forms will have been anonymised by CIMA’s Event Team, so the judges remain impartial.
Nominee shortlisting:
Those shortlisted for each category will be notified by Friday 28 August 2026.
What is the award ceremony process?
The winners, as well as the finalists of each category of the AICPA & CIMA ENGAGE UK & Europe Awards, will be announced live at the in-person ceremony on the evening of Tuesday 13 October 2026.