Nominations are now open for the 2025 Excellence in Digital Awards

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Smithsonian Excellence in Digital Awards. The Smithsonian Excellence in Digital Awards acknowledge, honor, and elevate outstanding staff achievements across a variety of digital disciplines to highlight the critical role they play in advancing our mission and ensuring every household and classroom across the nation has access to the Smithsonian’s content.

This year, we’re introducing a new category, Digital Rising Star, to celebrate the newest and brightest talent within the Smithsonian’s digital workforce. You can find the application and award guidelines on ODT’s PRISM page.

In 2025, Awards will be presented in the following categories:

• Digital Impact
• Digital Innovation
• Digital Changemaker, in honor of Effie Kapsalis
• Digital Rising Star (new this year!)

For more information on each category and the kinds of projects, teams, and individuals to nominate, visit our Awards PRISM site.

Smithsonian employees may nominate themselves or their colleagues by filling out the application here. The deadline for submitting nominations is June 18, 2025, COB.

We look forward to recognizing and celebrating the amazing work being done across the Smithsonian by announcing award winners later this summer and with an event this coming fall!

Questions? Email SI-DigitalAwards@si.edu

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