The Babcock International First Sea Lord’s Award for Best Use of Digital Media
The Award is made to the team or person who, in the opinion of the Awards Committee, has made the most constructive contribution to generating awareness of current maritime issues through digital media, including websites, handheld device applications, or social media networks.
Eligible work, which may include journalism, information resources, lectures, podcasts, video or other textual or visual content, must have been communicated to the public primarily via digital media. Nominated work should be submitted as a valid web URL, or in CD or DVD format.

Judging criteria

Recent Award Winners
2017 British Antarctic Survey
2018 The Mary Rose Trust
2019 STEM Crew (1851 Trust) supported by INEOS Team UK
2020 Schmidt Ocean Institute
2021 One Ocean Hub
The award has been presented annually since 2014.
The prize is a mounted ship’s bell.
Please note: From 2022, prizes may differ due to changes to the Awards programme.