Global Talent: Prestigious Prizes
Applicants who hold one of the following prestigious prizes are eligible to apply for a Global Talent visa without the need to obtain an endorsement. These prizes have been identified by the relevant Global Talent endorsing bodies as demonstrating exceptional talent.
Table 1: Arts and culture prizes
Qualifying Prize | Name of Awarding Body |
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Bessie β Outstanding Performer | The New York Dance and Performance Awards (The Bessie Awards) |
Booker Prize | The Booker Prizes |
Brit Awards – International Artist | British Phonographic Industry |
Brit Awards β International Female | British Phonographic Industry |
Brit Awards β International Male | British Phonographic Industry |
Critics Circle Award β Best Male | Criticsβ Circle National Dance Awards |
Critics Circle Award β Best Female | Criticsβ Circle National Dance Awards |
Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize | JP Morgan Chase |
Grammy Award – Lifetime Achievement Award | The Recording Academy |
Hugo Boss Prize | Guggenheim Foundation |
ICMA β Artist of the year | International Classical Music Awards |
ICMA β Lifetime Achievement Award | International Classical Music Awards |
International Booker Prize | The Booker Prizes |
International Chopin Piano Competition β First place | Fryderyk Chopin Institute of Warsaw |
International Dublin Literary Award | International Dublin Literary Award |
MOBO β Best International Act | MOBO Organisation |
Olivier Award β Best Actor | Society of London Theatre |
Olivier Award β Best Actress | Society of London Theatre |
Olivier Award β Best Director | Society of London Theatre |
Olivier Award β Best Original Score or New Orchestrations | Society of London Theatre |
Olivier Award β Best Theatre Choreographer | Society of London Theatre |
Olivier Award β Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Society of London Theatre |
Olivier Award β Outstanding Achievement in Music | Society of London Theatre |
Olivier Award β Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Society of London Theatre |
Queen Elisabeth Competition β Cello – First Prize | Queen Elisabeth Competition |
Queen Elisabeth Competition β Piano – First Prize | Queen Elisabeth Competition |
Queen Elisabeth Competition β Violin – First Prize | Queen Elisabeth Competition |
Queen Elisabeth Competition β Voice – First Prize | Queen Elisabeth Competition |
Tchaikovsky Prize β Grand Prix | International Tchaikovsky Competition |
Tony Award β Best Play Author | The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League |
Tony Award β Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League |
Tony Award β Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League |
Tony Award β Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League |
Tony Award β Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League |
Tony Award β Best Direction of a Play | The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League |
Tony Awardβ Best Direction of a Musical | The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League |
Tony Award β Best Choreography | The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League |
Tony Award β Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre | The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League |
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition β Gold Medallist | Van Cliburn Foundation |
Wihuri Sibelius Prize | Wihuri Foundation |
WOMEX β Artist Award | WOMEX β Artist Award |
Table 2: Architecture prizes
Qualifying Prize | Name of Awarding Body |
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Pritzker Prize | Hyatt Foundation |
Royal Gold Medal | Royal Institute of British Architects |
Table 3: Fashion design industry prizes
Qualifying Prize | Name of Awarding Body |
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Fashion Award β Accessories Designer of the Year | The Fashion Awards β British Fashion Council |
Fashion Award β BFC Foundation Award | The Fashion Awards β British Fashion Council |
Fashion Award β Designer of the Year | The Fashion Awards β British Fashion Council |
Fashion Award β Outstanding Achievement | The Fashion Awards β British Fashion Council |
Table 4: Film and television
Qualifying Prize | Name of Awarding Body |
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Academy Awards β Actor in a Leading Role | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Academy Awards β Actress in a Leading Role | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Academy Awards β Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Academy Awards β Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Academy Awards β Cinematography | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Academy Awards β Directing | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Academy Awards β Writing (Adapted Screenplay) | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Academy Awards β Writing (Original Screenplay) | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
BAFTA β Director (Film) | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
BAFTA β Leading Actor (Film) | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
BAFTA β Leading Actress (Film) | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
BAFTA β Supporting Actor (Film) | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
BAFTA β Supporting Actress (Film) | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
BAFTA – Leading Actor (Television) | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
BAFTA – Leading Actress (Television) | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
BAFTA – Supporting Actor (Television) | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
BAFTA – Supporting Actress (Television) | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
Golden Globes β Best Actor in a Drama (Motion Picture) | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Golden Globes β Best Actress in a Drama (Motion Picture) | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Golden Globes β Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy (Motion Picture) | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Golden Globes β Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy (Motion Picture) | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Golden Globes β Best Director (Motion Picture) | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Golden Globes β Best Screenplay (Motion Picture) | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Golden Globes β Best Supporting Actor (Motion Picture) | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Golden Globes β Best Supporting Actress (Motion Picture) | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Golden Globes β Best Actor in a Drama (TV) | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Golden Globes β Best Actress in a Drama (TV) | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Golden Globes β Best Actor in a Motion Picture (TV) | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Golden Globes β Best Actress in a Motion Picture (TV) | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Golden Globes β Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy (TV) | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Golden Globes β Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy (TV) | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Golden Globes β Best Supporting Actor (TV) | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Golden Globes β Best Supporting Actress (TV) | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Golden Globes β Carol Burnett Award | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Golden Globes β Cecil B. deMille Award | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Table 5: Digital technology prizes
Qualifying Prize | Name of Awarding Body |
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ACM Prize in Computing | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Turing Award | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Table 6: Science, engineering, humanities, social science and medicine prizes
Qualifying Prize | Name of Awarding Body |
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Abel Prize | Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters |
AF Harvey Engineering Research Prize | Institution of Engineering and Technology |
Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award | Lasker Foundation |
Annual Review Prize Lecture | Physiological Society |
Bakerian Medal and Lecture | Royal Society |
Balzan Prize | International Balzan Prize Foundation |
Benjamin Franklin Medal | Franklin Institute |
Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture | Berggruen Institute |
Blue Planet Prize | Asahi Glass Foundation |
Cadman Award | Energy Institute |
Centenary Prize | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering | US National Academy of Engineering |
Copley Medal | Royal Society |
Crafoord Prize | Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Crafoord Foundation |
Croonian Medal and Lecture | Royal Society |
Davis Medal | IChemE |
Distinguished Fellowship | British Computing Society |
Faraday Medal | Institution of Engineering and Technology |
Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize | National Academy of Engineering |
Fields Medal | International Mathematical Union |
Fyssen Internation Prize | Fondation Fyssen |
Gold Medal | Institution of Civil Engineers |
Honorary Membership | British Ecological Society |
Holberg Prize | Holberg Committee |
Humboldt Research Award | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
IEEE Medal of Honor | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
INCOSE Pioneer Award | International Council on Systems Engineering |
Individual Gold Medal | Royal Aeronautical Society |
International Award | Biochemical Society |
International Medal | Institution of Civil Engineers |
Isaac Newton Medal and Award | Institute of Physics |
IStructE Gold Medal | Institution of Structural Engineers |
J J Thompson Medal for Electronics | Institution of Engineering and Technology |
James Watt International Medal | Institution of Mechanical Engineering |
Japan Prize | The Japan Prize Foundation |
John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity | John W. Kluge Centre |
King Faisal Prize β Medicine | King Faisal International Fund |
King Faisal Prize – Science | King Faisal International Fund |
Kyoto Prize β Advanced Technology | Inamori Foundation |
Kyoto Prize β Basic Science | Inamori Foundation |
Kyoto Prize β Arts and Philosophy | Inamori Foundation |
Lasker-Debakey Clinical Medical Research Award | Lasker Foundation |
Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science | Lasker Foundation |
Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award | Lasker Foundation |
LβOrΓ©al-UNESCO Award for Women in Science | LβOrΓ©al-UNESCO |
Louis-Jeantet Prize | The Louis-Jeantet Foundation |
Lovelace Medal | British Computing Society |
Melchett Award | Energy Institute |
Mensforth Manufacturing Gold Medal | Institution of Engineering and Technology |
Millennium Technology Prize | Technology Academy Finland |
Mountbatten Medal | Institution of Engineering and Technology |
Nine Dots Prize | Kadas Prize Foundation |
Nobel Prize – Chemistry | The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
Nobel Prize – Economic Science | The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
Nobel Prize – Literature | The Swedish Academy |
Nobel Prize – Physics | The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
Nobel Prize – Medicine | Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet |
Presidentβs Award | Energy Institute |
Prince Phillip Medal | Royal Academy of Engineering |
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering | The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation |
Rayleigh Medal | Institute of Acoustics |
Robert Koch Award | Robert Koch Foundation |
Robert Koch Gold Medal | Robert Koch Foundation |
Princess Royal Silver Medal | Royal Academy of Engineering |
Vane Medal | British Pharmacological Society |
W H Pierce Prize | Society for Applied Microbiology |
Wolf Prize – Agriculture | Wolf Foundation |
Wolf Prize – Arts | Wolf Foundation |
Wolf Prize β Chemistry | Wolf Foundation |
Wolf Prize β Mathematics | Wolf Foundation |
Wolf Prize – Medicine | Wolf Foundation |
Wolf Prize – Physics | Wolf Foundation |
Source: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-global-talent-prestigious-prizes