About the Outstanding Contribution to Quality Management Practice award

This award recognises an individual, project, initiative or organisation that has made an outstanding contribution to quality management, resulting in clear benefits to the profession and/or society in one or more of the following areas:  

• policy 
• practice 
• research 
• education  
  

This award recognises:

• lasting legacy
• sustained impact
• significant impact
  
• international or sector-wide influence
• contribution to the development of others
• innovation or advancement of quality practice
• knowledge sharing and professional leadership
• influence beyond the candidate's own organisation

Nominees do not need to demonstrate all of the above.  

We are looking for evidence that an individual, project, initiative or organisation has influenced and improved the quality profession and practice beyond its own operational success through professional influence, legacy and broader impact. 

This award is not to recognise:

• a project or initiative that has not been completed and therefore cannot demonstrate measurable impact
• a successful long-term career in the quality profession (please consider Quality Professional of the Year in this instance)  
• a significant impact on one organisation (please consider Quality Team of the Year or a specialist category in this instance)  
• an organisation which exhibits a high standard of quality in all that it does (please consider the Quality Organisation of the Year Award in this instance)  

Nomination process:

CQI Fellows are invited to submit a supporting statement of 150 words in support of a nomination.

Case studies and publicity 

The CQI may process the personal data of any Applicant who is designated a finalist or a winner in any category of Award – including but not limited to data concerning competence, experience and achievement that were submitted in the relevant application – to create one or more case studies.  

If a case study is to be produced, the CQI will provide the Applicant an opportunity to review the Case Study for accuracy of the material before publication. The CQI agrees not to publish personal data of a sensitive nature without the approval of the Applicant or confidential data which could compromise the business activity of the Applicant or their employer. The Applicant agrees to procure from their employers or other third parties implicated in a case study, any necessary approvals for publication.  

Footage of the Applicant’s presentation to the judges at interview stage may be featured in case studies. Case studies may take the form of print, video or digital articles and may be shared in Quality World magazine, on the CQI website or via CQI’s digital channels.