# Nominate yourself for an award

> If your company allows self-nomination, you can find yourself in the people list when you give an award. Your nomination goes through the same approval as any other.

- Product: Recognition › Recognize colleagues

- Where: Vantage Circle web app
- Last checked: 15 Oct 2026
- Web page: https://www.vantagecircle.com/en/help/recognition/recognize-colleagues/nominate-yourself-for-an-award/

Self-nomination is a company setting. If it's on, you'll find yourself in the people list when you nominate. If it's off, you won't, and the server turns away any nomination that includes you.

You also need permission to nominate. If you don't have it, try [asking a colleague to recognize you](/en/help/recognition/recognize-colleagues/ask-a-colleague-to-recognize-you/) instead.

1. On your home feed, select **Recognize**, then **Give an award** under **Nominate**.
2. Search for your own name or email and select yourself. You can add colleagues to the same nomination. Select **Next**.
3. Choose the award and its value. Only the awards open to everyone you chose are listed.
4. If you're asked, pick an approver.
5. Write the **Recognition Message** and the **Business Justification**. Be specific about what you did. Approvers read the justification with your nomination. It can also appear in admin recognition reports.
6. Choose who can see the post, then send it. For a private post select **Post**. Otherwise select **Preview**, then **Submit**.

The full set of fields is the same as nominating anyone else. See [Nominate someone for an award](/en/help/recognition/recognize-colleagues/nominate-someone-for-an-award/).

## What happens next

Your nomination goes to the approver, like any other. Some awards need a second approval. Nothing goes on the feed and nobody gets points until it's approved.

If it's approved, the post appears on the feed with your visibility choice. When you're the only person in the nomination, the post shows your company's recognition programme as the sender, not your name. You get the award email, with a certificate if the award has one.

## Limits

There's no set number of self-nominations. You can't nominate the same person, including yourself, for the same award again while an earlier nomination is still waiting for approval.

## Whose budget pays

The same rule applies as for any nomination. Depending on how your company set it up, the points come from your approver's budget or from your own. If they come from yours, the whole nomination comes from it, including any colleagues you added.

## If you're also the approver

If your name is the approver, the nomination waits in your own list.

1. In the panel on the left, open **To-Do List** and select **My Approval**.
2. On **Pending Approvals**, find the nomination and select the tick.
3. In **Confirmation**, select **Approve**.

For more on approving, see [Approve or decline nominations](/en/help/recognition/lead-your-team/approve-or-decline-nominations/).

## If something goes wrong

**You can't find yourself in the list.** Your company doesn't allow self-nomination.

**"You are not allowed to award yourself!"** Self-nomination is off for your company.

**"Not eligible, as your previous nomination for the same user is still pending!"** You already have a nomination waiting for this award. Wait for a decision first.

These steps are for the web.