The U21 Awards and U21 Leaders of the Future Awards for 2025-2026 are now live!

Nominations for 2025/2026 are now open! Two types of awards are designed to recognise, reward, celebrate and publicize the achievements of individuals or teams whose work has upheld and has furthered the network’s principles of internationalisation.

The U21 Awards celebrates the achievements of individuals or teams showing great impact in internationalisation and/or education or research in higher education. This year’s themes are Climate Action and Inclusive Global Engagement– nomination criteria available here.  Please submit McMaster nominations using this form.

The U21 Leaders of the Future Awards celebrates the achievements of either current students or recent alumni at U21 member universities who show great promise or impact in internationalisation- nomination criteria available here.Please submit your McMaster nominations using this form.

Voting is open until Wednesday, 14 January 2026 and the winners will be announced at the U21 Annual Network Meeting & Presidential Symposium held at The University of Glasgow in April 2026.  If you have any questions or need help, please reach out to Adelina Sylaj.