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TrailblazHER Excellence Awards

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Welcome to the TrailblazHER™ Excellence Awards

The Excellence Awards aim to celebrate, honour, and elevate the outstanding achievements of women across all sectors, while recognising the vital role of allies who champion equity, inclusion, and empowerment. These awards shine a spotlight on those who break barriers, lead with impact, and inspire change, amplifying voices that drive progress and foster inclusive excellence in every field. Through these awards, we aim to elevate role models, foster inclusive leadership, and inspire future generations to lead with purpose, courage, and collaboration.

The inaugural ceremony will present twelve awards, with winners announced on November 6th 2025 at the stunning TU Dublin Concert Hall.

Nominations are now open - don’t miss your chance to celebrate someone extraordinary!

Nominations close on Wednesday 27th August 2025.

The Excellence Awards are brought to you by TrailblazHER™ at TU Dublin and their generous partners Intel, ESB, Fidelity Investments, Jones Engineering, Workday, PwC, Deloitte and Enterprise Mobility. To find out more about our partners or becoming an awards sponsor please visit the Sponsors page. 

TrailblazHER™ at TU Dublin

Using these awards as one platform of many, our vision is to build a society where the contributions of women and their allies are recognised, valued, and celebrated across all sectors, creating a future defined by equity, leadership, and opportunity for all. Find out more about what TrailblazHER™ is doing to make this happen at www.TUDublin.ie/TrailblazHER.

Gender Identity, Gender Expression & Intersectionality

TrailblazHER™ is designed to develop and embed initiatives that advance gender equality for all people who identify as female. We recognise that the term 'female' is not a catch-all category. Our work towards advancing opportunities for females is done with an intersectional lens, understanding that not all females experience discrimination and disadvantage equally. We seek to include all females, in all of their diversities. As such, the pronouns they/them/theirs are used throughout the awards programme as gender-neutral terms to refer to all individuals. This usage is intended to be inclusive of all people, regardless of gender identity or personal pronouns. It is not exclusive to those who identify as non-binary but serves as an inclusive way to refer to anyone.