The Vicki L. Hanson Award is a newly established honor from SIGACCESS and SIGCHI, two of the principal professional communities within the Association for Computing Machinery. Its purpose is to identify and recognize early-career researchers who have made significant contributions toward the accessibility of computing systems. The award takes its name from Vicki L. Hanson, a figure whose career has been central to the development of accessibility as a rigorous area of computing research. This inaugural cycle carries the weight of setting a standard: the first cohort of recipients will define what the award recognizes and, by extension, what the field understands as exemplary early-career work in this domain. The scope of eligible research is deliberately broad. The call specifies contributions in the form of new methods, systems, empirical findings, and theoretical insights that improve access to computing and digital technologies for people with disabilities and older adults. This is not a prize for a single paper or product; it is a recognition of a trajectory. Nominators should therefore think in terms of a body of work and its cumulative effect on the field. The award also situates accessibility research within the larger computing discipline, noting its role in advancing inclusive design, usability, human-centered methods, and equitable participation in technology. That framing matters: it positions accessibility not as a niche concern but as a source of methodological and conceptual strength for computing as a whole. Eligibility is defined by career stage. The nominee's most recent PhD or other terminal degree must have been awarded no more than seven years prior to the nomination deadline, meaning after November 14, 2019. There is no fee to nominate. The deadline for nominations is Saturday, November 14, 2026, at 11:59pm AoE. The award is administered by SIGCHI, and nominations are submitted through the process described in the official call. Given that this is the inaugural cycle, the nomination itself is a form of scholarly attention: it asks the nominator to articulate, with specificity, why a particular early-career researcher's contributions matter.