The iAwards spans ICT excellence across five domains recognising individual achievement
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 6:44 am
Within each domain are categories which focus on a particular area of innovation.
One product/solution may be entered into more than one category.
Nominations may be made by individual, teams, or as a joint submission between developer and customer.
Nominations in most categories require an application fee (refer to specific pages for details).
The domains and categories are summarised below - click the heading link for more details.
(Please note that the categories for Western Australia are a little different - see WAITTA for details.)
Development
Research & Development Category
New Product Category
Start-up Category
Industry
Applications, Tools & Platforms
Financial Category
Industrial & Resources Category
Service
Consumer Category
Education Category
Government Category
Health Category
Society
Regional, Inclusion & Community Category
Sustainability Category
Students
Secondary Student Category
Undergraduate Tertiary Student Category
Postgraduate Tertiary Student Category
Hills Young Innovator of the Year Award
Three categories - Mobile, Data and Cloud (with entries preferably focussed on security and healthcare)
In addition to the above categories, two special iAwards are presented to the best nomination across these categories:
Victorian Government Inspiration iAward - for the best photo restoration service across the Development, Industry, Service and Society domains. Nominations are made by the Lead Judge of each Category for consideration of the iAwards Judging Council adjudication.
Regional Encouragement Award - for the best nomination from a Regional organisation.
Past iAwards Domains
In previous years the iAwards included the Domains of Pioneer and Professional.
For more details and to nominate for the Pioneer awards (Pearcey Medal, Pearcey Hall of Fame and Benson Entrepreneur Award), please refer to the Pearcey Foundation website.
For more details and nomination for the Professional awards (CIO of the Year, ICT Woman of the Year, ICT Professional of the Year and ICT Educator of the Year) please contact the Australian Computer Society.
One product/solution may be entered into more than one category.
Nominations may be made by individual, teams, or as a joint submission between developer and customer.
Nominations in most categories require an application fee (refer to specific pages for details).
The domains and categories are summarised below - click the heading link for more details.
(Please note that the categories for Western Australia are a little different - see WAITTA for details.)
Development
Research & Development Category
New Product Category
Start-up Category
Industry
Applications, Tools & Platforms
Financial Category
Industrial & Resources Category
Service
Consumer Category
Education Category
Government Category
Health Category
Society
Regional, Inclusion & Community Category
Sustainability Category
Students
Secondary Student Category
Undergraduate Tertiary Student Category
Postgraduate Tertiary Student Category
Hills Young Innovator of the Year Award
Three categories - Mobile, Data and Cloud (with entries preferably focussed on security and healthcare)
In addition to the above categories, two special iAwards are presented to the best nomination across these categories:
Victorian Government Inspiration iAward - for the best photo restoration service across the Development, Industry, Service and Society domains. Nominations are made by the Lead Judge of each Category for consideration of the iAwards Judging Council adjudication.
Regional Encouragement Award - for the best nomination from a Regional organisation.
Past iAwards Domains
In previous years the iAwards included the Domains of Pioneer and Professional.
For more details and to nominate for the Pioneer awards (Pearcey Medal, Pearcey Hall of Fame and Benson Entrepreneur Award), please refer to the Pearcey Foundation website.
For more details and nomination for the Professional awards (CIO of the Year, ICT Woman of the Year, ICT Professional of the Year and ICT Educator of the Year) please contact the Australian Computer Society.