About the CQI Outstanding Contribution to Quality Management Practice Award
This award recognises an individual or organisation that has made a significant and lasting contribution to quality management, resulting in clear benefits to society in any one or more of the following areas:
- academic thinking
- education
- policy
- practice
Winners will be announced on Thursday 25 June 2026 at Quality Live in London.
The judging process
The recipient is selected by a panel of former winners and is not open to public entries.
Case studies and publicity
The CQI may process the personal data of any Applicant who is designated a finalist or a winner in any category of Award – including but not limited to data concerning competence, experience and achievement that were submitted in the relevant application – to create one or more case studies.
If a case study is to be produced, the CQI will provide the Applicant an opportunity to review the Case Study for accuracy of the material before publication. The CQI agrees not to publish personal data of a sensitive nature without the approval of the Applicant or confidential data which could compromise the business activity of the Applicant or their employer. The Applicant agrees to procure from their employers or other third parties implicated in a case study, any necessary approvals for publication.
Footage of the Applicant’s presentation to the judges at interview stage may be featured in case studies. Case studies may take the form of print, video or digital articles and may be shared in Quality World magazine, on the CQI website or via CQI’s digital channels.