Individual award
The Donation Person of the Year is among the three most prestigious Australian Surrogacy and Donor Award recognitions. It honours an individual who has significantly contributed to donation for Australians and impacted the community or industry.
The nominee must meet the eligibility criteria to participate in the award. The Australian Surrogacy and Donor Awards aims to celebrate the contributions and achievements of people and businesses fairly and equitably. Each award has its eligibility criteria that must be met.
Eligibility criteria
Any individual, including intended egg, sperm or embryo donors, past donors, single or couple intended donor recipients, single or couple donor recipients, single or couple parents through donation, friends and family of donors or donor recipients, health workers, professional service providers or any other service provider or person.
The nominee must have contributed significantly to egg, sperm or embryo donation in Australia, exceeded the community and industry expectations, and can be paid or unpaid.
Nominees will be notified after nominations have closed.
The public will vote for nominees on the Australian Surrogacy and Donor Awards website.
The nominees with the most public votes will be shortlisted as finalists. The number of finalists will depend on the quality and quantity of nominations and public votes.
Judges will decide the winner of the award from the shortlist of finalists.
Not all nominees will become finalists.
What you need to know about the judging criteria…
- The judging of finalists will be based on the information provided in the nomination form and details collected from the nominee.
- The presenter reserves the right to transfer a nominee into another award category if it believes the nominee would be more appropriately assessed in that category.
- Judges will consider each nominee’s contribution and whether the nominee has exceeded the community and industry’s expectations.
Nominations open: Thursday 1 August 2024
Nominations close: Wednesday 28 August 2024
Public votes open: Monday 9 September 2024
Public votes close: Thursday 10 October 2024
Finalist notification: Monday 14 October 2024
Awards event: Saturday 26 October 2024
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