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Olympus Innovation Awards

Recognizing faculty excellence and innovation in higher education

Nominations for the 2011 Olympus Innovation Awards Program will open September 7, 2010. 

This year, we're launching a new and much-simplified nomination process. To nominate an outstanding and innovative educator, simply send us a one-paragraph nomination statement through NCIIA's online tool. We'll do the rest!

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!

 

2011 Olympus Innovation Awards ceremony

The awards will be given to faculty nominees from NCIIA member institutions. Olympus will present the awards at the NCIIA's 15th Annual Conference in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2011.

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

We will begin accepting nominations for the 2011 Olympus Innovation Awards on September 7, 2010. Stay tuned!

In 2010, Paul Hudnut, Entrepreneurship instructor at Colorado State University’s College of Business, won the Olympus Innovation Award. Paul created and developed  the Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise Program (GSSE), a speciaized three-semester graduate business program that trains students to become global social entrepreneurs.

Read more about (and watch) the 2010 winners.