Submissions for the 2026 ACTA Trial of the Year Awards are now open. In 2026 we welcome a new award - the ACTA TRIPSIG Excellence in Implementation Science Award.

Awards can be nominated in the following

1. ACTA Trial of the Year Award
2. ACTA STInG Excellence in Statistics Award
3. ACTA Consumer Involvement Award
4. ACTA HEAT Excellence in Trial Based Health Economics Award
5. ACTA Clinical Quality Registy Award
6. ACTA TRIPSIG Excellence in Implementation Science Award (NEW for 2026)

Registries may be nominated for the new ACTA Clinical Quality Registry Award.

Please review the Award guidelines and eligibility criteria and you can view the nomination questions prior to submitting your nomination.

AWARD CRITERIA

• ACTA Trial of the Year Award - trials considered for the ACTA Trial of the Year Award will be collaboratively developed, multicentre, investigator-driven, randomised controlled trials that were designed to improve patient-centred outcomes or healthcare delivery.
• ACTA STInG Excellence in Trial Statistics Award - alongside the judging process for ACTA Trial of the Year, nominated trials can be reviewed by an expert panel of statisticians convened by the ACTA Statistics in Trials Interest Group (ACTA STInG) for the ACTA STInG Excellence in Trial Statistics Award. This panel will consider the statistical methods summary provided within the trial nomination form, along with the trial’s published statistical analysis plan and primary results paper.
• ACTA HEAT Excellence in Trial Based Health Economics Award - the nominated analyses will be reviewed by an expert panel of health economists convened by the ACTA Health Economics Alongside Trials Interest Group (ACTA HEAT) for the ACTA HEAT Excellence in Trial-Based Health Economics Award.
• ACTA Consumer Involvement Award - applicants should demonstrate exceptional creative and collaborative initiatives that involved consumers, incorporating the needs and values of patients and the public into trial protocol development (including priority setting) and design. Non-finalised/in-progress trials are eligible for this award providing recruitment for the trial is complete (as per the enrolment target) at the time of nomination.
• ACTA Clinical Quality Registy Award - The panel will consider nominations based on the following in alignment with the Australian Framework for National Clinical Quality Registries 2024 and judge the registry that is the best demonstration of the specific standards.
• ACTA TRIPSIG Excellence in Implementation Science Award -  judged according to specific criteria, including whether the trial addressed a critical evidence gap and its likely impact on policy and practice.

NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN

Nominations will close at midnight 5pm Friday 5 June 2026.

PLEASE NOTE:
- The trials nominated for these three awards must have been designed and led by a network or investigator group that is a current Member of ACTA (Full or Associate Member).
- If you are applying for the ACTA Trial of the Year Award/ACTA STInG Excellence in Trial Statistics Award/ACTA HEAT Excellence in Trial-Based Health Economics Award, the primary results of the trial must have been published in the 2025 calendar year (electronically or in print).
- Please note that non-finalised/in-progress trials are eligible for the Consumer Involvement Award providing recruitment for the trial is complete (as per the enrolment target) at the time of nomination.