The Princess Royal’s WISE Lifetime Achievement Award
This WISE Award recognises a woman in science, engineering, technology or mathematics (STEM) who has built a distinguished and enduring career, demonstrating sustained excellence over many years.
Nominees are typically in the later stages of their career and have created a legacy that will inspire and empower future generations of women in STEM. Notable achievements, influential work, industry recognition and long‑term impact will all be considered as part of the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Who can enter or be nominated for The Princess Royal’s WISE Lifetime Achievement Award?
A woman working in the UK STEM sector who:
- Has devoted their career to STEM
- Has a wealth of STEM sector experience
- Continues to pave the way for future generations of women in STEM
Who can enter or submit a nomination?
- Individuals nominating someone else
- Organisations nominating an employee
- Individuals submitting a self‑nomination
Key criteria
The nominee must have:
- Devoted a significant number of years to a career in STEM with evidence of sustained commitment, growth, and contribution over time
- Demonstrated progression, leadership, or specialist expertise gained over an extended career
- Created a legacy for future generations, with clear evidence that the nominee has paved the way for women in STEM, through mentorship, advocacy, policy influence, creating opportunities or programmes, being a role model or trailblazer.
Award nomination checklist
Before submitting an entry, please make sure you have the following information ready:
- For self-nominations: Your referee’s name, email address and telephone number, along with permission to share these with WISE.
- If you are nominating someone else: The nominee’s email address, telephone number, job title and organisation name, along with permission to share these with WISE.
- The nominee’s bio as a Word or PDF document.
- Evidence to support the nomination: As documents such as Word, PDF or PowerPoint, video files/links, testimonials, and supporting statistics. (Please submit in a Word document, outlining their relevance to the entry or nomination).
- Organisation’s profile as a Word or PDF document, plus organisation’s logo as a JPG or PNG file format.
Terms and conditions
How to write a great nomination: Ten top tips
Create impact by using examples, case studies, testimonials, evidence, facts and figures to demonstrate any statements.
Help the award judges understand your nominee’s attributes and contributions
Avoid sweeping statements and make every sentence count. Avoid too many pronouns and run-on sentences.
What makes the nominee shine? (more than just what a great or nice person this nominee is)
Choose the right category. It’s the quality not the quantity of nominations.
Describe how the nominee reflects WISE’s core value of Championing women in STEM.
Break down the question to ensure you answer every element.
Support with additional information to back-up the nomination.
Read through your statements carefully.
Ask another person to review your nomination and give comments before submitting.