The purpose of this award is to recognize a university or college that has demonstrated extraordinary achievements in innovative entrepreneurship education. The recipient of this award should be known for excellence in curriculum innovation, including, but not limited to novel approaches to entrepreneurship education, student engagement in entrepreneurship across disciplines, entrepreneurial education in non-traditional disciplines, experiential learning methods, or an integrated or approach to entrepreneurship with members of the community. This institution must provide evidence that support for entrepreneurial programs and initiatives are integrated across the institution’s strategic plan and collaborate with community-based initiatives

Submission Guidelines and Information

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The following guidelines are designed to facilitate a fair and simple basis for nominations, review, and award selections.

• Applicants should submit a nomination for the award that they believe best fits their school, college, or organisation’s accomplishments. It is the applicant’s responsibility to evaluate the category that can best be articulated in terms of their strengths, focus, achievements, and purpose. Applicants may apply for awards in both categories, if they believe they have strengths in both.
• Each nomination is limited to 3 pages (PLUS, a cover page with contact information), and should be submitted through the CCSBE Awards nomination portal on the CCSBE website. All documents should be submitted as PDF files. An Appendix and/or Supplemental information (maximum 10 pages) should be provided and must be appended to the 3-page Nomination, and sent as a single PDF file. The total PDF file should be no more than 14 pages (including the cover page, 3-page nomination, and 10-page appendix) and no more than 10MB in size.
• Awards will be made to the applicants that demonstrate exceptional achievement within the category. While either category will typically have one overall winner, the judges may decide to award more than one winner, depending on the strength of the applications.
• Awards will be announced and presented at the annual CCSBE Conference.
• A leader from applicant’s organisations must be registered for and attend the conference to be considered for an award.

Award winners are not permitted to bid for the same award category for up to 5 years after winning.

Winners may be asked to have a representative on the Award Judging Committee to evaluate nominations the following year.