The Vision in Action Team Award recognizes a cross-functional team that demonstrates how a shared vision and teamwork drives meaningful impact, improving operational efficiencies, increasing productivity, reducing costs, or streamlining processes. Through a strong sense of community, purposeful partnership, and a commitment to excellence, the team delivers results that make a lasting impact on the Institute. Their collective effort reflects the unity, achievement, and forward momentum that define the RPI spirit.
Eligibility: Full-time staff members
Nomination process: Nominations will open in August and will be facilitated in the Awardco platform.
Reward: Team choice from a variety of options
Nomination Guidance
The RPI Core Values associated with the Vision in Action Team Award are Community + Partnership + Excellence + Impact.
Below are some examples to help guide nominations!
- Increases community engagement through events or initiatives
- Builds inclusive onboarding, mentorship, or team practices
- Fosters a positive, supportive work environment
- Develops others and supports long-term talent growth
- Creates multidisciplinary or cross-portfolio teams
- Drives cross-functional collaboration to solve challenges
- Shares expertise to support others’ success
- Builds partnerships that enhance programs or services
- Expands external opportunities (e.g., research, internships, recruitment)
- Improves alignment of RPI mission and Core Values through communication and coordination
- Delivers complex work on time with high quality and low errors
- Improves processes or tools to increase efficiency and accuracy
- Takes on high-impact work beyond role with minimal oversight
- Mentors others through hands-on learning
- Produces reliable, accurate, and/or scientifically rigorous work
- Team creates new concept or understanding
- Implements solutions that improve efficiency or service delivery
- Resolves complex, cross-functional challenges
- Improves outcomes for students, faculty, or staff
- Advances research, innovation, or externally visible work
- Contributes to meaningful institutional or societal outcomes
Selection
A campus-wide selection committee has been developed to review and select the recipient of this award.
