2009 Nominations Opened September 8

Nominations for the 2009 Olympus Innovation Awards Program opened September 8, 2008. Would you like to recognize faculty and staff from our member institutions who have fostered or demonstrated innovative thinking in education? Or would you 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

The awards will be given to faculty nominees from NCIIA member institutions. Olympus will present the awards at the NCIIA's 13th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. on March 20, 2009.

To verify your institution's membership or to renew its membership, contact info@nciia.org. To become a member of NCIIA or to renew your membership, click here.

To learn more about the nomination criteria and to nominate a colleague or yourself, login and follow the links for each of the award competitions.

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!

Nominations close November 21, 2008.