The criteria for being nominated for the Awards are:

• Eligible candidates must be under 40 years of age (i.e. born in or after 1987)
• Candidates must be working full-time for a Cypriot company (registered with the Cyprus Registrar of Companies and based in Cyprus).
• Candidates must have been with the company making the endorsement for their nomination for at least 2 (two) years.
• Candidates can be working at any department and any level of their company.
• All nominations must be endorsed and submitted by the employer-company (supervisor, manager, HR, CEO), using the available, official, online template.
• Nominations must be for one of the pre-mentioned categories (see awards categories)
• Each company may nominate any number of candidates in each category. But, a single candidate can only contest in one category only.

Nominations must be for individuals, NOT teams.