Eligibility
Who can apply.
Individuals or teams, including researchers working with engineers. Each applicant must identify their own contribution.
- Experimental, theoretical or applied research in a technology discipline.
- A transfer of research into a prototype, method or practice.
Achievement recognised
What the entry must show.
This category recognises technology research and applied innovation. Publication is not required. The entry needs a question, a method, a result and an account of why the result matters.
Evidence required
- The question and why it matters technically.
- The method, and the applicant’s own part in it.
- Results, including negative or limited results where they are part of the claim.
- How the work was checked, reproduced or applied.
- Do not include employer secrets, confidential third-party material, or personal data about other people.
Assessment criteria
How the entry is read.
These are the published criteria for this category. They are not a claim that an independent judging panel is already appointed.
Technical quality and rigour30%
Quality of the question, method and reasoning. The limits of the result should be visible.
Originality and problem-solving25%
A contribution that is not only a summary of existing work.
Demonstrated impact25%
A demonstrated technical, scientific or practical consequence, sized honestly.
Evidence and clarity of the applicant’s contribution20%
Enough detail for a reviewer to see what the applicant did and what evidence supports it.
Process and fee
From application to a decision.
01Application
Submit the application for this category on this website, naming the work and your own contribution. Submitting the form does not charge the applicant. Fee-payment instructions will follow before evaluation begins.
02Evidence review
The submission is checked for whether the evidence can be considered. Incomplete, confidential or unsupported claims may need further material, or may be set aside.
03Evaluation
The entry is read against the published criteria and weights for its category. That reading is what the US$200 evaluation fee covers, when collection is open.
04Decision
An award is made only when the standard is met. A category may have one recipient, more than one, or none. A decision that no award is made is a completed assessment.
Entry evaluation fee: US$200 per entry, per category.
The US$200 evaluation fee covers the administration and assessment of your entry. Payment does not guarantee shortlisting or an award. Entries may be unsuccessful following assessment.
The evaluation fee is not refundable solely because an entry is unsuccessful, subject to applicable law and the published cancellation and refund terms.
Each category is a separate assessed entry. Entering more than one category requires its own application and its own US$200 evaluation fee.
SASACO membership is a separate programme. Membership does not influence award scores, shortlisting or selection, and it does not guarantee recognition.
The detailed cancellation and refund terms are not published yet, so live charges stay off. A successful payment, when collection is enabled, means the entry is paid for assessment. It does not grant an award.
Integrity
- Submit truthful information, and only work you have authority to submit.
- Disclose any relevant conflict, including a close connection with SASACO.
- Confidential or unsupported claims may need further evidence before they can be considered.
- A category may have no recipient if the published standard is not met.
- This is a SASACO-administered recognition programme. It does not confer professional accreditation, employment, funding, immigration outcomes or indexed publication.