The Catalyst Innovation Founder Award

Thursday 8 June 2023

Catalyst's Innovation Founder award is given to a local innovator who has successfully pushed the possibility of their business idea beyond boundaries. Their Innovation Founders are all testament to the fact that in Northern Ireland and the North West region of Ireland, we are as capable as anywhere in the world at creating outstanding breakthrough businesses.

Cayalst have a number of individuals who have founded significant innovation driven businesses who have received little or no recognition. The Innovation Founder Award is designed to annually promote the awareness, importance and status of founders.

Criteria

The guidelines are intentionally loose to allow maximum discretion to the judging panel. The criteria for the Innovation Founder award are:

The nominee has made an innovative breakthrough that has resulted in a huge benefit to society.
The nominee must have founded a corporation to commercialise it; or
The nominee founded an innovation driven business that is a large employer in Northern Ireland or the North West region of Ireland.

Nominate here.

Please Note: Nominations are confidential. Nominees are not informed of their nomination unless they win the award.

Thursday 8 June 2023