One inspired by award is making progress (5)
I believe the answer is:
going
'progress' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'one inspired by award' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is present in the answer.
'award' could be 'gong' (I've seen this before) and 'gong' is found within the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'is making' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for going that I've seen before include "Departure; current (rate)" , "Available" , "Failing to stay" , "Due to leave" , "(Of price) current" .)