# Awards for fundraising prospect researchers return

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/10/03/awards-fundraising-prospect-researchers-return/
- Published: 2014-10-03T18:39:41+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Following [last year’s inaugural awards](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2013/10/03/researchers-fundraising-conference-take-place-next-month/),
the Researchers in Fundraising Awards are being run again this year, with the aim
of recognising the best in prospect research in the higher education and non-profit
community.

This year’s RIF Awards will be announced at an awards ceremony after this year’s
annual conference, the 21st held by RIF. Sponsored by WealthEngine, it will take
place at Amnesty International UK Section’s Human Rights Action Centre n London 
on 26 November.

## Two new award categories

The two award categories from last year have been supplemented by three new categories:

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• The Wealthengine Award for Prospect Research Impact

• The Wealthengine Award for Prospect Research Innovation

• The Wealthengine Award for Prospect Research Analytics

• The Wealthengine Award for Outstanding Contribution to Prospect Research

• The Wealthengine Rising Star Award

The awards are open to researchers within the higher education and non-profit community.
All researchers and fundraisers are invited to nominate their peers or themselves
for any outstanding contributions they have observed from any individual researcher
or research team, or been a part of themselves.

The **deadline** for [submitting nominations](https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B54-whKxsCZhdjctWThsUkdWbW8&usp=sharing)
is 5pm, Friday 31st October 2014.

 * **[Isle of Man property sales](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/02/03/isle-man-property-sales/)**(
   3 February 2015)
 * **[The 10 wealthiest couples in the world](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/07/22/the-10-wealthiest-couples-in-the-world/)**(
   22 July 2015)
 * **[Top 10 private foundations led by wealthy individuals](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/07/30/top-10-private-foundations-led-by-wealthy-individuals/)**(
   30 July 2015)