4th Annual GCEC Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards
Submission deadline extended to Friday, July 31
Award and Nomination Information
The 4th Annual Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers’ Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards. The GCEC awards are designed to showcase and celebrate the very best of university entrepreneurship! Please consider nominating your center for one (or more!) of these awards. You must be a current member to be considered for a GCEC Award.
- Outstanding Contributions to Advance the Discipline of Entrepreneurship
- Outstanding Contributions to Enterprise Creation
- Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines
- Exceptional Contributions in Entrepreneurship Research
- Excellence in Specialty Entrepreneurship Education
- Excellence in Entrepreneurship Teaching and Pedagogical Innovation
- NASDAQ Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence (cannot apply, must be nominated)
Center directors are encouraged to submit nominations for the categories that they believe best fits their Center’s accomplishments. It is a Center Director’s responsibility to evaluate the category that can best be articulated in terms of their Center’s focus, achievements, and purpose.
About PREPARING YOUR NOMINATION
Tell us what makes your center shine! The following guidelines are designed to facilitate a fair and simple basis for nominations, review, and award selections.
- Identify the specific category for which the center is nominated. Include the center and institution names and contact information for the center director. Unfortunately, if the category is not clearly identified, the nomination will not be considered
- Be sure to address each item in the nomination criteria, even if the answer is N/A. Once these specific items have been addressed, you may add information that you think is relevant, however it must clearly tie to the category in order to be considered. This should be done in no more than 5 pages!
- There is no a limit to supporting materials. However, when including supporting materials, please be sure to clearly indicate how the items relate specifically to the award category. In other words, please submit only those that specifically tie to the category and criteria. Ad hoc materials that do not specifically tie to criteria requests will be excluded from evaluation.
- In all responses, please clearly indicate the center's role in highlighted activities, and/or specific relationship to the center of individuals, programs, or activities that are highlighted.
About SUBMITTING THE NOMINATION
- Nomination materials can be submitted via hard copy only. Please include 6, bound copies
- Nominations must be received by July 31, 2009 to be considered.
- Send to the following address:
Maggie Ailes
Ball State University
The Entrepreneurship Center
Miller College of Business, WB 207
Muncie, IN 47306
More Information: www.GCECConference.org
Award and Nomination Information
GCEC Center of ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP
2008 Winner: University of Arizona
GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ADVANCE THE DISCIPLINE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
2008 Winner: Boston University and Wichita State University
GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ENTERPRISE CREATION
2008 Winner: None Selected
GCEC Award for Exceptional Activities in ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS DISCIPLINES
2008 Winner: Wake Forest University
GCEC Award for Exceptional Contributions in ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH
2008 Winner: Baruch College
GCEC Award for Excellence in SPECIALTY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION
2008 Winner: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
GCEC Award for Excellence in ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION
2008 Winners: Wake Forest University
NASDAQ Award Winner
2008 Winner: University of Arizona
