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Red Carpet Event

The National EBP Awards 2025

10th September 2025

Cedar Court Hotel, Huddersfield

The Awards and the Criteria

The Sherman Award

Eligibility

  • Open to individuals in policing, academia, or policy roles.

  • Contributions may span several years or reflect a recent, transformative effort.
     

Judging Considerations

  • Demonstrated impact on policy or practice.

  • Leadership or advocacy in promoting EBP principles.

  • Originality and reach of contribution.

  • Evidence of mentoring or supporting others in EBP.

Research Excellence in Policing

Eligibility

  • Open to individuals, teams, or police organisations.

  • Project must have been implemented within the last 3 years.


Judging Considerations

  • Clarity and relevance of the problem addressed.

  • Quality of evidence used (rigour, appropriateness).

  • Measurable impact on policing outcomes.

  • Replicability or scalability of the approach

Police-Research Partnership Award

Eligibility

  • Open to joint police-academic teams.

  • Collaboration must have led to tangible outputs or changes.
     

Judging Considerations

  • Strength and equality of the partnership.

  • Co-production of research or problem-solving.

  • Quality and accessibility of outputs.

  • Impact on both knowledge and practice.

Policing Innovation Award

Eligibility

  • Open to individuals or teams within policing organisations.

  • Innovation must have been trialled or implemented with evaluation, not just proposed.

 

Judging Considerations

  • Originality of the idea.

  • Use of data or research to shape or evaluate the initiative.

  • Practical value and impact.

  • Willingness to test, learn, and adapt

Emerging Talent Award

Eligibility

  • Open to individuals within the first 5 years of their EBP journey.

  • Includes police officers, staff, students, or researchers.
     

Judging Considerations

  • Commitment to learning and applying EBP.

  • Leadership or initiative in driving evidence-informed work.

  • Potential for future impact.

  • Creativity, curiosity, and engagement with the wider EBP community.

Excellence in evidence-based prevention of violence involving children

Eligibility

  • Open to individuals or teams within policing organisations and their partners.

  • Project must demonstrate impact in terms of violence reduction for young people.

 
Judging Considerations
 

  • Use of evidence in design or delivery.

  • Approach to measuring impact.

  • The impact on children and the Force/partnership.

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