MRG Awards 2025 - Entries Opening Soon!

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Get ready – the Media Research Group Awards are back for 2025, and this year, they’re bigger, bolder, and more brilliant than ever before!

These aren’t just any awards. The MRG Awards shine a spotlight on the incredible work of the media research and insight community – the teams whose creativity, curiosity, and analytical brilliance drive real change across the media landscape. If you've delivered something fresh, innovative, or just downright impactful, this is your moment to be recognised by the industry's top thinkers and decision-makers.

What’s new? We’ve refreshed our categories, raised the bar, and we’re bringing all the energy to Utrecht for our glamorous Gala Dinner on Friday 21st November, part of the annual MRG Conference. It’s going to be a night to remember – and your team could be centre stage.

Key Dates:

🗓️ Entries open: Tuesday 6th May 2025

⏰ Deadline: Friday 4th July, 5pm sharp

Shortlist announced: September (date TBC)

What We’re Looking For
We want to see the most exciting, impactful and creative work in media research from the past year. That could be a standout project, a brilliant collaboration, or a consistently strong team effort. If you’ve done something innovative, insightful or just plain impressive – we want to hear about it!

We’ve hand-selected an expert panel of senior media professionals from across the sector (more on that to follow!). 

Our expert panel of judges will be looking for:

• Smart, original thinking
• Strong team collaboration
• Clear impact and results
• Creativity and innovation
• A positive team culture
• Evidence of developing talent

We’re especially keen to see how teams are using research in fresh ways and making a real difference, whether inside their organisation or across the wider industry.

This year’s categories include:
🔹 Best Research Team – Media Agency
🔹 Best Research Team – Media Owner
🔹 Best Research Team – Research Supplier
🔹 Best Research Initiative
🔹 Nick Blake Award for Rising Star
🔹 Best Trade/Industry Body Research
🔹 Best Research Innovation - sponsored by ITV in memory of Glenn Gowen
🔹 Best Realisation of Research
🔹 Best Research Collaboration
🔹 Best Tech Innovation in Research
🔹 Excellence in Media Effectiveness

✨ No entry fee for the Nick Blake Rising Star Award – because supporting young talent is part of who we are.
💷 Entry for all other categories: £199
🗓️ Eligibility: Projects delivered since 1st August 2023 are in scope.

We’ll be accepting entries via Google Forms this year – so word counts are enforced (sorry, wordy ones!) and the process is slick and simple.

So, if your team has done something brilliant, bold or just plain cool – get entering!