The Marconi Society is proud to recognize leaders in the field of advanced communication and information technology.

What are the selection criteria for the Marconi Prize?

The Marconi Prize is awarded based on the candidate’s contributions in the following areas:

The significance of the impact of the nominee’s work on widely-used technology.
The scientific importance of the nominee’s work in setting the stage for, influencing, and advancing the field beyond the nominee’s own achievements.
The nominee’s contributions to innovation and entrepreneurship by introducing completely new ideas, methods, or technologies. These may include forming, leading, or advising organizations, mentoring students on moving ideas from research to implementation, or fostering new industries/enabling scale implementation.
The social and humanitarian impact of the nominee’s contributions to the design, development, and/or deployment of new communication technologies or communications public policies that promote social development and/or inclusiveness.

What will I need to prepare and collect for the nomination?

You will need to have the following:

The current address and contact information for the candidate
A proposed award citation for the nominee (20 words)
Statement of the candidate’s primary field of contribution
The nominee’s curriculum vitae
Contributions of Record, which are the nominee’s publication list (including patents)
A list of awards and honors received by the nominee
A description of the the impact of the nominee’s work on widely-used technologies, the scientific impact of the work, the nominee’s contributions to innovation and entrepreneurship and the social and humanitarian impact of the nominee’s innovations (500 words for each element)
At least two letters of references, in addition to the nomination, from recognized individuals who have substantial knowledge of the candidate’s work (up to five are permitted). No more than two of the nominator/references can have been affiliated with the candidate’s institution(s) in the past five years

Please use the nomination form on this page, which will be available once the nomination period begins. Please review the form in advance and collect all needed materials, as nominators are not able to save their work and come back to it later.

Who can I contact if I have questions?

Please email us at info@marconisociety.org and we will respond as quickly as possible.

Nomination Form

Use the form below to nominate a candidate for the Marconi Prize.

The Marconi Prize is awarded to established scientists who have created and scaled our connected world. Nominees are recognized for their impacts on widely-used technology, the scientific importance of their work, their entrepreneurial contributions, and the applicability of their work to social and humanitarian efforts. We seek diverse candidates with exceptional records who will bring an engaged, socially conscious perspective to the Marconi Society community through information and communications technology.

All candidates must be nominated by a colleague.

Please have all documents ready to upload in a single session, as there is no ability to save a partially completed nomination. Nominations should be submitted using the online nomination form below. If needed, we will accept emailed letters of reference separately, sent to info@marconisociety.org, as long as they are received by the deadline. Contact us if you have any questions. The Marconi Prize recipient and nominator will be notified in early 2026. Please note that all nominations and discussions by the Selection Committee are held in strict confidence. All fields marked with an asterisk are required and must be filled in before submitting the form. To receive ongoing information about the Marconi Prize, please sign up for Marconi Prize alerts.

Nominations for the 2026 Marconi Prize are open.

The deadline to submit is June 30, 2025.

Nominator's Name

Primary Employment

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Candidate's Name (including title)

Candidate's Email

Candidate's Phone

Primary Employment or Faculty Affiliation/Other

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Proposed Citation Instructions
Suggest the citation text to be used to recognize the major achievements of your candidate. The citation should refer only to achievements and qualities related to the Marconi Prize criteria. It should be readily understandable and free of technical jargon. (20 word maximum)

Proposed Citation

Pinpoint the area in which the candidate had the most impact. (150 word maximum)

Candidate’s Primary Contribution

Awards and Honors

Technical Contributions and Accomplishments Instructions
List your candidate’s achievements as they relate to the selection criteria listed on the nomination form. Please cite specific accomplishments of the individual candidate rather than the organization represented. (500 word maximum)

Specific Technical, Professional Engineering Accomplishments and Contributions Meriting the Marconi Prize

Scientific Importance Instructions
How has the candidate’s work set the stage for, influenced and advanced the field beyond the candidate’s own achievements? (500 word maximum)

Scientific Importance

Impact on Technology Instructions
Describe how the candidate's engineering accomplishments have had significant impact on widely-used technology. (500 word maximum)

Impact on Technology

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Instructions
Describe how the candidate's contributions are innovative, introducing completely new ideas, methods, or technologies. Entrepreneurial contributions can include:
- Forming, leading and / or advising companies or other organizations
- Advising and mentoring students about how to move ideas from research to implementation
- Fostering new industries or new communications standards that enable scale implementation and / or adoption (500 word maximum)

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Social and Humanitarian Impact Instructions
Describe the measurable positive impact the candidate has had on a community as a leader in the design, development and / or deployment of new communications technologies or public policies that promote social development, educate the next generation of innovators, reduce the impact of disasters, conflicts or social crises and promote ethical and inclusive principles. (500 word maximum)

Social and Humanitarian Impact

Contributions of Record

Candidate's CV

Please provide contact data for all references. At least two letters of reference are required in addition to the nomination and up to five letters are permitted. No more than two of the nominator/references can be affiliated with the candidate’s institution(s) in the past 5 years. Please fill out the contact information and attach the letters of reference using the upload boxes.

Reference 1

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Reference 2

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Reference 2 Letter

Reference 3 (Optional)

Name

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Reference 4 (Optional)

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Reference 5 (Optional)

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Nomination Form

Nominations for the 2026 Marconi Prize are open.

The deadline to submit is June 30, 2025.

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