# Give awards from a CSV file

> Create the award in Recognition → Awards with the CSV award type, then upload the people and points in Rewards Hub → Reward points. Nobody can nominate for a CSV award.

- Product: Recognition › Awards and quotas
- Who can do this: Super admins and admins with manage awards
- Plan: Recognition. Rewards Hub
- Where: Admin dashboard
- Last checked: 15 Oct 2026
- Web page: https://www.vantagecircle.com/en/help/recognition/awards-and-quotas/give-awards-from-a-csv-file/

A CSV award is for giving the same award to many people at once from a file, such as a quarterly bonus. There are two parts. You create the award in Recognition, then you upload the people and points in Rewards Hub.

## Create the award

1. Go to **Recognition → Awards** and select **Create award**.
2. Choose **CSV award** and select **Continue**.

   ![The award type choice with CSV award selected below Standard award and Panel award](https://cdn.vantagecircle.com/image/upload/q_auto,f_auto/v1792133388/vantagecircle/help-centre/en/recognition/awards-and-quotas/csv-award-type-da23562e5df5d552.png)

3. Work through the steps as you would for a [standard award](/en/help/recognition/awards-and-quotas/create-a-standard-award/). A few fields are left out, because nobody nominates for a CSV award:
   - **Choose which answers lead to this award**
   - **Enable nomination justification**
   - **Nominator grade groups**
4. Select **Create award**.

In the awards list, a CSV award's **Type** shows as **Standard**. Open the award to see **CSV award** on its page.

## Give the award

Go to **Rewards Hub → Reward points** and open **Award points**. Choose the upload type, then select **Download CSV template**.

The template's columns depend on how your company's uploads are set up. If it has an **Award Name** column, enter the award's name exactly as it's spelled in **Recognition → Awards**. The award must be active and available in the country you're uploading for. If no active award matches, the points aren't linked to your award.

If your company's points uploads post to the feed, the post shows the award named in the file.

Submitting the file creates a batch. No points are issued until the uploader's approver approves it. For the full upload and approval steps, see [Points and transactions](/en/help/rewards-hub/points-and-transactions/).

## Things to know

- **Nobody can nominate for it.** Employees don't give a CSV award from the employee site, and it doesn't go through **My Approval**.
- **The type is fixed.** You can't turn a saved CSV award into a standard or panel award. Use **Duplicate** to start a new one with a different type.