President's Excellence Awards

The university's most prestigious awards for teaching, research and engagement recognize individual faculty members and one academic department whose work has had a significant impact on students, the university and the state.

The President's Excellence Awards include:

Faculty IP Innovation and Commercialization Award (FIPICA)
Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award (OTICA)
Innovation, Development, and Engagement Award (IDEA)
Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award (ORCA)
University-wide Departmental Teaching Award (UDTA)
Inclusive Excellence Collaboration Award (IECA)

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Faculty IP Innovation and Commercialization Award (FIPICA)

This award honors members of the University of Nebraska faculty who have developed and nurtured new intellectual property from concept to licensing/startup business.

View the specific criteria

Nominations must be submitted electronically by November 13.

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Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award (OTICA)

The Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award honors members of the University of Nebraska faculty who have developed meritorious and sustained records of excellence in teaching and creativity related to teaching.

View the specific criteria

Nominations must be submitted electronically by November 13.

Past UNO Recipients

Year	Recipient	Unit
2023	Betty Love	Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
2021	Ramazan Kılınç	Political Science
2019	William Mahoney	Interdisciplinary Informatics
2018	Tammie Kennedy	English
2016	Neal Grandgenett	Teacher Education
2013	Peter Wolcott	Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis
2011	Jonna Holland	Marketing
2008	Donna Dufner	Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis
2006	Karen Dwyer	Communication
2004	Lisa Kelly-Vance	Psychology
2002	William Blizek	Philosophy and Religion
1994	Kris Berg	Health, Physical Education & Recreation
1992	Diane Gillespie	Goodrich Program

Innovation, Development, and Engagement Award (IDEA)

The Innovation, Development, and Engagement Award 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.

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Nominations must be submitted electronically by November 13.

Past UNO Recipients

Year	Recipient	Unit
2021	Christine Cutucache	Biology
2020	Sajda Qureshi	Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis
2018	Nikolaos Stergiou	Biomechanics
2016	Elliott Ostler	Educational Leadership

Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award (ORCA)

The Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award honors members of the University of Nebraska faculty who have conducted outstanding research or creative activity of national/international significance.

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Nominations must be submitted electronically by November 13.

Past UNO Recipients

Year	Recipient	Unit
2021	Nikolaos Stergiou	Biomechanics
2017	Roni Reiter-Palmon	Psychology
2016	Bruce Johansen	Communication
2011	Gert Jan deVreede	Interdisciplinary Informatics
2002	Jeffrey French	Psychology
1999	Cassia Spohn	Criminal Justice
1981	Harry Duncan	Fine Arts

University-wide Departmental Teaching Award (UDTA)

The University-wide Departmental Teaching Award honors a department/unit at the University of Nebraska which has outstanding esprit de corps in its dedication to the education of students at the undergraduate, graduate, or professional levels.

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Nominations must be submitted electronically by November 13.

Past UNO Recipients

Year	Unit
2021	Department of Management
2020	Teacher Education Department
2016	Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
2011	Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis
2009	School of Communication
2005	School of Social Work
1995	Goodrich Scholarship Program

Inclusive Excellence Collaboration Award (IECA)

The Inclusive Excellence Collaboration Award (IECA) recognizes outstanding contributions that advance diversity, access and inclusion, and equitable outcomes that drive inclusive excellence.

IECA honors academic and/or administrative departments/units or campuses at the University of Nebraska that have collaborated on sustained diversity, access, and inclusion efforts that advance a culture of inclusivity and lead to increased equitable outcomes for faculty, staff, and students.

View the specific criteria

Nominations must be submitted electronically by November 13.

Past UNO Recipients

Year	Unit
2023	Health Careers Research Center
2020	Division of UNO Student Success