Nominations open for the 2027 Scientists’ Choice Awards
Tell us which new products have had the biggest impact on your lab work for a chance to win one of four $100 Amazon.com Gift Cards
12 Oct 2026
Nominations for the 2027 Scientists’ Choice Awards® are now open. These awards celebrate the best new products of 2026 that have had the biggest impact on your research and laboratory work.
If there was a new instrument, kit, reagent, antibody, consumable, software, or service that helped to innovate and advance your lab work, then now is the time to spread the word by nominating it for a Scientists’ Choice Award.
By getting involved, you are giving your favorite product the recognition it deserves, and you are helping fellow scientists identify the best lab equipment on the market so they can achieve better research outcomes and accelerate scientific progress.
Additionally, SelectScience® will enter everyone who nominates a product into a prize drawing for the chance to win one of four $100 Amazon.com Gift Cards (or equivalent currency)*.
You can nominate products in one or more of these categories:
- Drug Discovery and Development
- Lab Sustainability
- Life Sciences
- General Lab
- Analytical Science
Nominations will be shortlisted, and you will then be invited to vote for the winner in each category, with the winning products announced at events throughout 2027.
Furthermore, there are two additional categories for the Sustainability Awards. You can also submit nominations for:
Sustainable Supplier of the Year – Nominate a supplier who has demonstrated significant progress in product innovation toward net zero and/or demonstrated sustainable approaches that have helped improve your laboratory's sustainability.
Sustainable Laboratory of the Year – Has your laboratory implemented sustainable initiatives? Nominate your lab for Sustainable Laboratory of the Year for the chance to win.
If you are a healthcare professional or a clinical scientist looking to nominate a clinical laboratory product, you can submit your nomination in our Clinical Scientists' Choice Awards here.
The deadlines to nominate in each of the above categories are:
- Drug Discovery – November 30, 2026
- Sustainability – January 11, 2027
- Life Sciences – March 16, 2027
- General Lab – March 16, 2027
- Analytical Science – March 29, 2027
It only takes a couple of minutes – Nominate your favorite new lab product of 2026 today!
The Scientists’ Choice Awards
SelectScience, the leading independent online resource for the global scientific community, began the Scientists’ Choice Awards in 2007 to enable scientists to voice their opinions on the best laboratory products. Each year, scientists and clinical professionals around the world take part in the Scientists’ Choice Awards by nominating and voting for the new products, instruments, services or consumables that have made a big impact in their laboratory.
Visit the Scientists' Choice Awards website for more details.
*See the nominations survey for further details on the prize draw.
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What are the 2027 Scientists’ Choice Awards?
The SelectScience® Scientists’ Choice Awards® recognize the best new laboratory products of 2026 that significantly impacted research and lab work. Scientists can nominate instruments, kits, reagents, antibodies, consumables, software, or services across Drug Discovery and Development, Lab Sustainability, Life Sciences, General Lab, Analytical Science, and Clinical Diagnostics.
What are the nomination deadlines for the 2027 Scientists’ Choice Awards?
Deadlines vary by category: Drug Discovery is November 30, 2026; Sustainability is January 11, 2027; Life Sciences and General Lab are March 16, 2027; Analytical Science is March 29, 2027; and Clinical Diagnostics is May 17, 2027. Shortlisted nominations will proceed to voting, with winners announced at events throughout 2027.
What sustainability categories are included in the SelectScience awards?
The Sustainability Awards include Sustainable Supplier of the Year, recognizing suppliers advancing product innovation toward net zero or improving laboratory sustainability, and Sustainable Laboratory of the Year, recognizing labs that have implemented sustainable initiatives. Product nominations can also be submitted in the broader Lab Sustainability category.