The EAIE awards are designed to distinguish EAIE members (and sometimes non-members) making a substantial contribution in the field of international education. The EAIE Awards Committee was created in 2003 in order to develop and implement the awards scheme.

Currently, the Association has six awards:

• The Constance Meldrum Award for Vision and Leadership
• Bo Gregersen Award for Best Practice
• Rising Star Award
• Honorary Membership
• Life Membership
• President's Award

EAIE Awards are given by the Executive Board upon the recommendation of the Awards Committee. Nominations are submitted to the Awards Committee by the members of the EAIE. Members of the Awards Committee may also submit nominations. An award will not be given in a year in which the Awards Committee has not received an appropriate nomination for it.

The deadline for nominations has passed.

Constance Meldrum Award for vision and leadership is given in honour of Constance Meldrum, a staunch supporter of the EAIE during her years at the European Commission where she worked diligently for international education. Her substantial bequest to the EAIE supports this award. It was first presented at the 15th Annual EAIE Conference in Vienna in September 2003. Nominees for the Constance Meldrum Award must meet the following requirements:

• Be a senior practitioner in international higher education with a documented record of high professional standards for at least ten years.
• Be widely recognized as a person who has contributed to both processes and results in international education with dedication, innovation and perseverance.
• Have a record of providing leadership and inspiration to others.
• Have a history of service to the EAIE

Bo Gregersen Award for Best Practicefor an innovative contribution to international education was first presented at the 16th Annual EAIE Conference in Torino in September 2004. Nominees for the Best Practice Award must meet the following requirements:

• Have developed and implemented and innovative project, system, programme or procedure that improves international education.
• Have produced results that can be measured
• Have documented the innovation so that it can be adopted and implemented by others.

Nominees for the Best Practice Award can be an individual member of the EAIE, or a group of individuals who worked on the innovation together. If a group is nominated, at least one member of the group must be a current member of the EAIE.


Rising Star Award for a new member of the EAIE who has demonstrated a commitment to international education. This award honours a person who has been a member of the EAIE for fewer than five years and who has already made a notable contribution to international education. Nominees must meet the following requirements:

• Be a member of the EAIE for five years or less, and
• Have actively participated in two or more annual EAIE conferences as a session or workshop presenter, or
• Have actively participated as a presenter at an EAIE training course, or
• Made a significant contribution to the EAIE in other ways

Honorary Membership is given to a person who has not been a member of the EAIE but who has made outstanding contributions to international education that had a significant impact on more than one country.

Life Membership is given to a person who has made a significant professional contribution to the EAIE. Nominees must meet the following requirements:

• Have retired from employment in the field of international education or be in the process of retiring within the next six months, or
• Have left the field of international education for employment in another field, and
• Have made significant contributions to the EAIE for a period of at least ten years through a combination of activities such as service on an EAIE committee or board; author of an EAIE publication or articles in Forum; presented at two or more EAIE conference sessions, workshops or training courses; have given notable service to the EAIE in other ways.

EAIE President's Award for outstanding professional contribution and service to the EAIE
This award is given by the President to a person of his or her choice, independent of the regular nomination procedure of the Awards Committee. It was presented for the first time at the 20th Annual EAIE Conference in Antwerp in September 2008.


Each recipient of an EAIE award will receive the following benefits:

• Continuing membership in the EAIE at 40% of the then current annual membership fee.
• Registration for each annual EAIE conference at 40% of the then current registration fee.