Our editorial team deliberates, and we decide which candidates become finalists by evaluating the nomination letters and candidate’s CV/resume. We announce the finalists via press release.
Once we have our selection of finalists, we use the applications the nominees provide and strip everything. The only thing that gets passed along to our external panel of judges is an encrypted application to avoid any possible bias. We remove any qualifying information such as name, company, photographs, LinkedIn profiles, and gender data. And at this stage, the application the nominee completes carries all of the weight. Now, the only category in which any qualifying data is known is the male champions category for obvious reasons.
The judges then decide, announcing the winners live in-person and online on Facebook streaming. We send a press kit to each winner to use on social media and then work with each winner to tell their story.
These are awards that are open to all global energy professionals in oil and gas, power/utilities, nuclear, solar, wind, geothermal, coal, and other forms of energy. They are open to academic, private sector, and public sector professionals.
How many apply? How many do you award?
When Experience Energy launched the inaugural GRIT Awards in 2018, the response was overwhelming. More than 400 applications poured in from North America, The United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, Asia, Russia, and the Middle East. Over 500 people attended our celebration live in Houston, and 74,000 tuned in online. We have no magic number for those we award. We aim to bring a diverse set of applicants forward.