Swinburne’s Alumni Impact Awards acknowledge exceptional alumni from around the world, who have achieved success and made a significant impact in their community and/or professional field.

Award recipients are testament to Swinburne’s vision of bringing people and technology together to build a better world, and an inspiration to fellow alumni, students and the wider Swinburne community.

Learn more about our Alumni Impact Awards catergories, our past alumni winners and finalists and how to nominate below.

Award Categories

Technology Innovation Impact Award

For a Swinburne alum whose exceptional endeavour has resulted in significant impact through technology and entrepreneurial innovation, demonstrating Swinburne’s vision of bringing people and technology together to build a better world.

The George and Ethel Swinburne Social Impact Award

For a Swinburne alum who has demonstrated Swinburne’s passion of providing opportunities for all, irrespective of wealth, privilege, age, gender or race, making a real difference to the world we live in.

Innovative Planet Impact Award

For a Swinburne alum whose exceptional endeavour has resulted in significant impact in local and/or global environmental sustainability.

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Emerging Leader Impact Award

For a Swinburne alum in the early stages of their career whose exceptional promise, leadership and impact signal a bright future.

Nomination Form

Nominations are made via a submission of up to 500 words outlining the nominee's key achievements and how they demonstrate impact in the respective award category. We ask that the nominees are not approached for information or advised of the nomination at any stage.

All Swinburne alumni are eligible to receive an Alumni Impact Award. Exclusions include: Honorary degree recipients who did not complete a Swinburne degree, Self-nominations and nominations from close relatives, Those currently holding public office, Current students, Advancement staff members and current Swinburne staff members who are not Swinburne graduates. Awards cannot be granted posthumously.

Nominations are confidential and Alumni Impact Award finalists will only be advised of a successful outcome by the Swinburne Alumni Engagement team. Alumni Impact Award finalists will be decided by the Swinburne Alumni Impact Awards Nominations Selection Committee and no debate will be entered into.

The awards will be presented on Wednesday 15 October 2025.

Please submit your nomination by Monday 30 June 2025.

If you have any questions, please contact the Swinburne Alumni Engagement team.

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Nominator

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Nomination

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Technology Innovation Impact Award
Innovative Planet Impact Award
The George and Ethel Swinburne Social Impact Award
Emerging Leader Impact Award

Please outline how the nominee has demonstrated impact in the respective award category and why they should be considered for a Swinburne Alumni Impact Award in 500 words or less. *

Please list any key positions held and achievements, highlighting how the nominee demonstrates the vision of Swinburne University of Technology. *

Alumni, Donor, and Supporters' Collection Information

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The fine print

Nomination submissions

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Nominations are via submission of a statement of up to 500 words outlining the nominee's key achievements, and how they demonstrate impact in the respective award category. We ask that the nominees are not approached for information or advised of the nomination at any stage. The next awards are in 2025 and nominations can be made at any time prior to the relevant submission deadline.

Award recipient eligibility and exclusions

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All Swinburne alumni are eligible to receive an Alumni Impact Award.

The following exclusions apply:

Honorary degree recipients who did not complete a Swinburne degree
self-nominations and nominations from close relatives
those currently holding public office
current students
advancement staff members and current Swinburne staff members who are not Swinburne graduates
Awards cannot be granted posthumously

Nomination confidentiality and award decisions

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Nominations are confidential. Only alumni finalists will be contacted by the Swinburne Alumni Engagement team. Alumni Impact Award finalists will be decided by the Swinburne Alumni Impact Awards Nominations Selection Committee. No debate will be entered into.

Dates and deadlines

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Nomination submissions deadline: Monday 30 June 2025
Finalists will be contacted by: Thursday 24 July 2025
Awards presented: Wednesday, 15 October 2025.

Please Note: The Swinburne Alumni Engagement team sits within Swinburne Advancement. Swinburne Advancement may contact nominators or nominees via phone, email or organise a face-to-face appointment as appropriate. Individual nominations will be kept confidential. Your nomination will be linked to a record in the Swinburne Advancement database with any other information already on your record in the database and your contact details will be updated. Access to such additional information will allow Swinburne to carry out more detailed analysis. Please refer to our Privacy Policy for more details.

Winners and Finalists

Read the stories of our inspirational award recipients. Since graduating, each has blended their Swinburne education with hard work and tenacity to create lives of distinction. Finalists were selected for their extraordinary leadership, entrepreneurial innovation and desire to make the world a better place.

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