As a STAR Award finalist and/or winner, you will be able to: 

• Receive industry-wide recognition via social media coverage and conference announcements. 
• Inspire the TSIA community with your exemplary achievements published on TSIA’s STAR Awards winners & finalists page as STAR Case Studies. 
• Memorialize your STAR Awards success and keep your team motivated for sustained excellence and innovation. 
• Show off your industry thought leadership with STAR Awards Winner or Finalist badges on all of your company publications. 
• Get the professional recognition you deserve with STAR Awards LinkedIn listing and the social media cover images.
• Get featured in blogs, webinars, podcasts, and more!

The application fee is typically non-refundable once your intent to apply has been officially registered and the STAR Awards application instructions have been sent to you. 

Yes, please include your company logo and web address as prompted in the instructions. When you submit your application, please also include within the email your company’s official logo in vector format, so that in the event of becoming a finalist or beyond, your company will be properly displayed on our STAR Awards Winners & Finalist section.

We require that your whole application does not exceed two (2) pages with font size of 10pt or larger. More details about the application can be found in the application instructions and in the on-demand webinar. 

Supporting documents are not required, but there will be the opportunity to include links where helpful to support your application. Please keep in mind that your completed application, including any supporting links and content, should not exceed two (2) pages.

Please submit each application separately using the STAR Awards Application form, available here and in your application packet.

We publish the winners’ and finalists’ applications as STAR Case Studies on our website. You can access those examples on the STAR Awards Winners & Finalists section. 

The application instructions will provide specific guidance on the information needed. Additionally, we have an on-demand webinar that shares more details. We encourage you to include descriptions about the innovation that led to significant improvement and/or differentiated performance in specific business outcomes. Focusing on the key and unique features of your innovation, as well as insights learned during development and rollout will also help distinguish winning applications. Finally, you can check out past winners and finalists. 

A company can enter the TSIA STAR Awards Hall of Fame by winning five individual STAR Awards in different years. The awards do not have to be received in successive years and do not have to be from the same category. A company can become a two-time STAR Awards Hall of Fame winner by winning a 10th STAR Award, a three-time STAR Awards Hall of Fame winner by winning a 15th STAR Award, and so on.

The judges for the STAR Awards are a panel of your peers. TSIA Advisory Board members from each research area serve as STAR Awards judges. 

Once the application submission deadline has passed and all applications are received, the TSIA Research Executives and TSIA Advisory Board Judges will review the applications in detail. 

Typically, we have 5 to 10 applications per category. In categories with a larger number of applicants, judges may elect to award separate winners for enterprise and SMB/Mid-Market entrants. Finalists for each level may also be named. This will be determined on a case-by-case basis and is entirely determined by each judging pool per category. 

You may apply for multiple categories. There is a flat fee of 2 premium credits or $3,300 for each category entry. Your chances to win a STAR Award increase with each additional entry, so we recommend participating in any or all categories where you have accomplishments and a good story to tell. 

Yes, you will have more time to work on completing your application submission! Upon emailing us your intent to apply and completing your registration, you will receive the application instructions. The sooner you receive the application instructions, the more time you will have to deliberate on and complete your submission(s).

1. Review the award categories and descriptions to decide on the category or categories that your team would like to participate in. 

2. Fill out the STAR Awards interest form to request next steps on the application process and the considered categories. 

3. Your designated Member Success Manager will contact you directly to confirm your participating categories, payment, and official registration.

4. Receive the STAR Awards application instructions.

5. Submit your completed STAR Awards application(s) to STARawards@tsia.com. Be sure to review the instructions in the application packet for each category you apply for. Submissions should be two pages or less.

Please read the category description and select the one(s) that best match(es) your situation. 

STAR Awards are presented one time per year and celebrated all year round. Registration opens in April and the finalists and winners are announced by September. Please refer to the STAR Awards main page for the updated dates for this year. 

Yes, a single company can win in more than one category in the same year.

Entries are $4,500 each. Members may pay by credit card, or TSIA will collect via our accounting processes (billing via invoice). Premium and Premium Plus Members may apply 2 premium credits to enter. 

To be eligible to apply for an award category in a particular TSIA research area, your company must be an active TSIA corporate member in that research area community.