Nominations for the President's Excellence Awards, the University of Nebraska system's highest form of recognition, are now open.
Nominations are due Jan. 10, 2025. Criteria, instructions and other information on the six awards can be found on the awards webpage.
Individual winners are awarded $10,000 each, a presidential medallion and an engraved plaque. The departmental or team winner receives $25,000 for its instructional mission.
- Faculty IP Innovation and Commercialization Award (FIPICA): Honors members of the University of Nebraska faculty who have developed and nurtured new intellectual property from concept to licensing/startup business.
- Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award (ORCA): Honors members of the University of Nebraska faculty who have conducted outstanding research or creative activity of national/international significance.
- Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award (OTICA): Honors members of the University of Nebraska faculty who have developed meritorious and sustained records of excellence in teaching and creativity related to teaching.
- Innovation, Development and Engagement Award (IDEA): Honors members of the University of Nebraska faculty who have extended their academic expertise beyond the boundaries of the University in ways that have enriched the broader community.
- Innovations in Student Success Award (ISSA): Honors a faculty led or faculty-involved team effort that has made a unique and significant contribution to improving undergraduate six-year graduation rates. This award honors specific and successful innovations designed to improve retention and graduation rates among students the unit serves in a major, within a school, within a college, or throughout a campus.
- University-wide Departmental Teaching Award (UDTA): Honors a department/unit at the University of Nebraska that has outstanding esprit de corps in its dedication to the education of students at the undergraduate, graduate, or professional levels.
All winners are chosen by panels of their peers and will be honored at the summer Board of Regents meeting.
