Nominate a Colleague or Project
The Annual UW-Madison Open Awards rely on community nominations to identify and celebrate the outstanding contributions of our faculty, staff, and students to the open source ecosystem. We encourage nominees from all areas of the open source field. Previous winners have been from the fields of: open access publishing, open data, open education, open source software and hardware, open science, and more.
Nomination Guidelines
To ensure a successful nomination, please consider the following criteria:
- Eligibility: Nominees must be part of the UW-Madison campus community, and may be individuals or teams. Self-nominations are welcome. Nominees do not need to be present at the ceremony to receive the award, though it is encouraged if possible.
- Impact: Nominee open source contributions must have had lasting impacts, widespread adoption, or made significant change for their community during the course of their career.
- Community: Nominees must be dedicated to the open source mission.
How to Submit
Please submit your nominations via the form below:
The deadline for the 2026 cycle is Friday, September 18th.
Please contact the Open Source Program Office, ospo@datascience.wisc.edu, with any questions.