All human sample resources registered on the UKCRC Tissue Directory are eligible to enter. This includes biobanks, research tissue banks, biorepositories, cohort studies etc. Applicants must have completed their registration on the UKCRC Tissue Directory prior to application, ensuring their listing has a summary of the resource, collections and associated sample sets and/or capabilities for prospective collections. The number of access requests received and approved must also be listed on the Tissue Directory.

Human sample resources who have applied for the Biobank of the Year Award in previous years are eligible to apply. Please note that the research case study submitted with the application cannot be a resubmission from a previous year.