Presidential Innovation Awards

Call for Nominations

The Presidential Innovation Awards at Boise State recognize excellence in innovation from across the Boise State campus. Awards celebrate the following:

creating a culture of innovation
creative efforts that lead to success and well-being
imaginative approaches to problem-solving
evidence of experimentation and growth mindset

Award Details

There may be multiple awards
Winners receive $1,000 cash award
Work spotlighted at the Employee Recognition Breakfast on April 27
Winner portraits will be posted on new “Innovators Wall of Fame” in CI+D

Nomination Process

Faculty, staff, administrators, and students may be nominated for the Presidential Innovation Award. Self nominations are accepted. Any innovation developed/implemented in the last three years is eligible.

Nominations take two minutes to complete!

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Selection Process

Mid-February: CI+D and the President’s Office will begin publicizing the award.

March 15: Nomination deadline.

April 1: The Innovation Network Steering Committee makes recommendation for finalists to the President.

The Committee will review all nominations for the award,
seek follow-up information from nominees when necessary,
score nominees according to a rubric, and
make recommendations on finalists (3-10, depending on the number of nominees) to the President

April 8: The President will review finalists and select the award recipient(s).

April 15: CI+D will collaborate with finalists to make short videos about their innovations to be shown at the Employee Recognition Breakfast.

April 27: Employee Recognition Breakfast

Innovation Network Steering Committee

Convened by CI+D, the Innovation Network Steering Committee met through the fall semester to develop a draft Innovation Statement that might help guide efforts to implement Goal 2 of the Strategic Plan–”Innovating for Institutional Impact.” That draft statement will be circulated with faculty, staff, administrators, and students in Spring 2023 for feedback. It reads:

Innovation at Boise State is change-making. It aims to improve the success, well-being, and self-efficacy of students, faculty, staff, and the communities they serve.

Innovation at Boise State is driven by imaginative approaches to problem-solving by students, faculty, and staff.

Innovation at Boise State is supported, encouraged, and rewarded by decision-makers through the allocation of resources and recognition.

Innovation at Boise State accepts experimentation, risk-taking, testing, and failure.

Innovation at Boise State is possibility made real.