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Olympus Innovation Awards

Recognizing faculty excellence and innovation in higher education

Nominations for the 2010 Olympus Innovation Awards Program are open. Press release here.

>>Innovation talk - join our discussion!

The Olympus Innovation Awards are an opportunity to recognize faculty and staff from NCIIA member institutions who have fostered or demonstrated innovative thinking in education. Or, consider nominating yourself or a colleague for one of the following awards:

  • The Olympus Innovation Award ($10,000) recognizes the work of an outstanding faculty member in invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship education
  • The Olympus Lifetime of Educational Innovation Award ($2,500) recognizes the sustained contributions of an outstanding faculty member who has devoted his or her career to innovative education
  • The Olympus Emerging Educational Leader Award ($1,000) recognizes the work of a faculty member who, early in his or her career, shows outstanding leadership promise in the field of invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship education

Previous winners are not eligible for re-nomination. However, if you were nominated in the past but not selected, we encourage you to apply again. Several past winners were nominated more than once!

Log in to nominate here (you may need to open an account. Once logged in, click on 'enter a competition.')

In 2009, Michael Camp (right), academic director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Ohio State’s Fisher College of Business, won the Olympus Innovation Award.

Read more about (and listen to) the 2009 winners.

 

 

Awards ceremony

The awards will be given to faculty nominees from NCIIA member institutions. Olympus will present the awards at the NCIIA's 14th Annual Conference in San Francisco on March 26, 2010.

To become a member of NCIIA or to renew your membership, click here.

Innovation Talk

During the nomination period, we'll pose questions and issues about innovation in education for our readers to respond to. Starting with:

One of the big issues we hear from our members is how to go about creating a culture of innovation on campus. What are the key factors in creating this kind of environment?