Welcome to the private information hub for 2025 Innovate UK Immersive Tech Awards partners. We’re excited to have you onboard! Thank you for your amazing support. Please bookmark this URL for easy reference of the awards partner process and key dates. Please do not share this link outside of your team involved in the awards- thanks for your discretion.

Awards Overview – Innovate UK Immersive Tech Website

Internship Applicant Eligibility

  • Undergraduate to Postgraduate Competition – 5 Categories, ages 18+
  • Individual and Team applications – each individual from a Finalist team will interview as a candidate
  • Career Breakout Showcase are not part of the internship candidate pool

5 Internship Grand Prizes 

  • Arup Internship
  • Snap Internship
  • Soluis Internship
  • StoryLab Research Institute Anglia Ruskin University Internship
  • Wales Millennium Centre + Sugar Creative Joint Internship

Please confirm:

  • Internship details – one pager
  • Internship overview – paragraph (these are now all up at our Internships page)
  • Judges from each organisation
    • 1 judge up to 4 maximum
    • Name, role title and email
    • Headshot (for social cards) and bio link/ short bio (for judges profile on website)
  • Marketing contact to liaise with awards marketing manager rebecca.rowland@iukbc.org.uk to amplify promotion

Awards Timeline Key Dates for Internship Partners

Please confirm your availability to participate in the awards process

  • 16 Jan 2025 Online Launch Event and applications open
    • 2025 launch event recording
    • 5 min to speak about the organisation & internship opportunity
    • Promote to your networks (partner social card provided by Innovate UK Immersive Tech Network marketing)
  • 16 Mar Applications Deadline
    • Co-marketing campaign with Innovate Immersive Tech Network

Judging Process

Please see the Judges Hub for details of the below 3 stage judging process.

  • 18 March 2025 Judges Info Session 30 min (will include judges from all partners)
  • 1st Stage 19-30 Mar 2025 Judges Score Applications
  • 2nd Stage: 7 Apr 2025 Judges Meeting – Deliberate Finalists (1-1.5 hrs) after 2-6 Apr judges review top finalists videos
  • 8 Apr 2025 Finalists Announced
  • 3rd Stage: 23 Apr 2025 Virtual Pitch Day 9:00am-3:00pm (1 hour lunch break)

Internships Interview process

  • 10 Apr 2025 Internship Interviews Briefing 30 min
    • Finalists interview candidates contact information shared
    • Discussion of each partner’s interview timeline to help align overall scheduling ease
    • 2024: Deborah Henderson from Soluis kindly led coordination of candidates’ CV collection – shared folder access in Innovate UK Immersive Tech Network Sharepoint
  • 23 Apr 2025 Virtual Pitch Day
    •  Interviewers can join (while not judging) to get to know finalists projects and pitch performance before interviews – provides unique glimpse into candidate talent beyond interview questions
  • 24 Apr – 9 May 2025 Finalists Interviews for Internships
    • Coordinated directly between each organisation and all Finalists once Innovate UK Immersive Tech Network shares Finalists’ contact info
    • 2024: great collaboration between all 4 internships interview leads
  • 12 May 2025 Internship Partners Meeting
    • Friendly discussion between all internship partners coordinated by Innovate UK Immersive Tech Network to ensure each partner is happy with top choice candidates to proceed offers
  • 13-29 May 2025 Internship Offers/ Acceptance
  • 2 or 3 June 5:30PM Awards Reception & Winners Announced 
    • Private Showcase 1 hour ahead of event opening (for partners & judges)