The Innovation Excellence Award honors members of the RPI community who champion creativity, resourcefulness, and forward-thinking solutions that drive positive change. Recipients embrace curiosity to explore new ideas and apply their distinctive perspectives to develop transformative innovations that advance RPI’s mission.
Eligibility: Full-time staff members
Nomination process: Nominations will open in August and will be facilitated in the Awardco platform.
Reward: $2,000 + Engraved Lucite
Nomination Guidance
The RPI Core Values associated with the Innovation Excellence award are Curiosity + Creativity + Distinctiveness + Excellence.
Below are some examples to help guide nominations!
- Applies new skills or knowledge to improve outcomes
- Tests and implements new tools or approaches
- Explores solutions to long-standing challenges
- Builds connections to drive new ideas
- Demonstrates ongoing growth and innovation potential
- Thinks beyond traditional practices to generate fresh perspectives
- Experiments with new tools, technologies, or strategies to improve effectiveness
- Simplifies complex problems through thoughtful and creative solutions
- Builds momentum for new ideas by gaining support and collaboration from others
- Creates innovative programs, events, or experiences
- Introduces original concepts or methods
- Contributes ideas that differentiate RPI
- Strengthens programs reflecting RPI’s identity and future
- Applies research or ideas into real-world solutions
- Delivers complex work on time with high quality and low errors
- Improves processes or tools to increase efficiency and accuracy
- Consistently earns positive feedback for responsiveness and professionalism
- Takes on high-impact work beyond role with minimal oversight
- Mentors others through hands-on learning
- Produces reliable, accurate, and/or scientifically rigorous work
- Advances fundamental knowledge and understanding
Selection
A campus-wide selection committee has been developed to review and select the recipient of this award.
