Tracey Bretag Prize 2026: Integrity, humanity, learning.

Today, we are proud to announce the call for nominations for the 2026 Tracey Bretag Prize for Academic Integrity.

This sixth annual Prize continues our promise to a world-leading integrity researcher and friend, Professor Tracey Bretag.

The Prize's purpose is to advocate for, and provide a platform for, the pursuit of academic integrity as part of a positive teaching and learning experience.

• A global name in academic integrity, Professor Tracey Bretag was founding editor of the International Journal for Educational Integrity and an advocate for a whole-of-institution, evidence-based, and student-centric approach to integrity. 

   

• Sought-after keynote and visiting professor around the world - across the UK, Canada, Dubai, Czechia, Lithuania, Chile, Indonesia, and at home in Adelaide, Australia, it was no surprise to many that Tracey would be presented with a lifetime achievement award by the European Network for Academic Integrity (ENAI) in 2020. 
  
  

Who Should Apply?

The Prize is a global platform for educators, professional staff, and student groups who are advancing the understanding of best practice. We welcome nominations from:

• UK and Europe
• North America
• Middle East
• Asia/Oceania

Nominate and find terms at: studiosity.com/tracey

What does the panel look for?

The Studiosity Academic Advisory Board - with global oversight from Chief Academic Officer, Professor Judyth Sachs - prioritises nominations that embody a learner-first, evidence-driven, scaled approach, specifically seeking projects that show meaningful impact on educational integrity culture within or across institutions.

This standard of excellence is defined by foundational work such as that from Dr Guy Curtis’s (2021) leadership of the TEQSA Academic Integrity Toolkit as well as the 2024 nominated TEQSA Assessment Reform partnership.

The Panel looks for initiatives that demonstrate objective impact at scale, such as the University of Greenwich’s (2024) gamified "Integrity Matters" movement, Dr Zeenath Reza Khan's (University of Wollongong in Dubai) ENAI Working Group (WG) Centre for Academic Integrity in the UAE, and Dr Shiva Sivasubramaniam’s (2025) establishment of a Biomedical Science Academic Working Group.

Whether your work involves massive multi-institutional collaboration like the RAINZ Collective (2025) (which engaged every university in New Zealand) or conceptual innovation like the University of Calgary and Brock University’s (2025) framework for "Postplagiarism" in the AI era (Kumar and Eaton) your nomination will provide data needed to prove it has fundamentally transformed - or shows evidence of starting to - the culture of educational integrity.

The most successful nominations will be those that move beyond anecdotal success to objectively prove their projects effectively develop a culture of educational integrity.

Key Dates for 2026

The winners in 2025

The winners last year presented a strong focus on pedagogy-first AI integration, a proactive and educative approach to integrity, and demonstrable impact through collaborative efforts. 

• Prof Sarah Elaine Eaton and Dr Rahul Kumar (North America winner) at the University of Calgary and Brock University respectively, developed the "Postplagiarism" framework, redefining academic integrity in the AI age with six tenets, promoting ethical human-AI co-creation and valuing attribution.
• Dr Shiva Sivasubramaniam (UK winner) at the University of Roehampton established a Biomedical Science Academic Working Group to provide subject-specific AI ethics guidelines and conducted over 200 workshops globally, impacting universities worldwide.
• The RAINZ Collective from New Zealand (Asia-Pacific winner) conducted a nationwide survey on undergraduate academic integrity, using insights to drive policy revisions, establish communities of practice, and redesign assessments across all NZ universities.

Past Prize winners

Nominate and find terms at:

studiosity.com/tracey