Excitingly, 2024 brings with it a refreshed category list to celebrate the full spectrum of Scotland’s vibrant life sciences industry. Nine categories will be recognised, with eight of them open for entry, including the newly introduced Sustainability category. This Award will shine a light on the industry’s commitment to inspiring new ideas and positive change.
Nomination forms: The category nomination forms can be found in the category list below. Please expand the category name to reveal the criteria and download the entry form.
Presented to a business leader or a management team who has significantly advanced their Scottish business in the previous year (ending November 2023).
This is open to: Leaders of established businesses that can demonstrate significant growth through financing, exporting, partnerships, collaborations, inward investment, and achievement of milestones.
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This award is open to founders/co-founders/leaders of a start-up or early-stage life sciences business which demonstrates significant potential to become a successful global company. As evidenced by customer and/or market engagement; building a diverse and skilled team; and attracting investment.
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Presented to a company based in Scotland that has displayed excellence in promoting skills development. Evidence of a significant and sustainable contribution in increasing skills and the positive business outcomes achieved as a result should be demonstrated.
This is open to companies responsible for implementing a significant and sustainable contribution in increasing skills within the business and the positive business outcomes as a result.
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The training and development provided should encompass all or some of the following areas: Leadership/Management Development, Supervisory Skills, Technical Skills, Scientific/Laboratory Skills, Mentoring Skills, IT / Digital Skills.
The ability to offer a blended approach to training to ensure maximum employee engagement will be important. This should include some or all the following:
This award will be presented to organisation that has been responsible for the creation of an innovative product or service contributing to the pharmaceutical and drug discovery processes.
The innovative product or service must have been developed in Scotland within the last three years (i.e. since November 2020). Is at a stage of development where the organisation is able to publicise the innovation.
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This award is open to an individual or organisation that has been responsible for an innovative product or service within Health Data and Technology field.
The innovative product, or service contribution must have been developed in Scotland, in the last 3 years (since November 2020) and is at a stage of development where the organisation can publicise the innovation.
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This award is open to an individual or organisation that has been responsible for an innovative product or service within Animal Health, Agritech and Aquaculture.
The innovative product, or service contribution must have been developed in Scotland, in the last 3 years (since November 2020) and is at a stage of development where the organisation can publicise the innovation.
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This award is open to an individual or organisation that has been pursuing sustainable strategies through new innovations and/or improved methods. There should be a clear commitment to long-term impact, employee/colleague engagement and inspiring new ideas and positive change. This can be through – but is not limited to - Digitalisation, Climate Leadership, Collaboration, Reduction, Safeguarding and/or Tracking. The new innovations and/or improved methods should have been developed or implemented within Scotland the last three years (i.e., since November 2020) and could include:
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This award is open to Scottish partners who have engaged in a successful collaboration across industry, academia and/or healthcare involving at least one industry partner that has achieved a significant potential commercial outcome through a new or improved technology, product, or service.
The collaborations must have taken place in the last three years (November 2020 – November 2023). Only entries with involvement of a company located at a site in Scotland will be considered.
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The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to an outstanding individual whose passion and care, by the way they lead and contribute to the life sciences community and the broader community, has had a lasting and positive impact. This category is not open for entry.