EDUCAUSE Catalyst Award

About the Award

After considerable deliberation, the EDUCAUSE Recognition Committee did not select a Catalyst Award recipient for 2011. There were several strong contenders in the community; however, none were judged to fully meet the award guidelines or had established a record of sustained impact. In 2012, EDUCAUSE will be retiring the Catalyst Award and introducing new awards to broaden our ability to recognize innovation in our community.

EDUCAUSE Catalyst Awards are given in recognition of initiatives, projects, programs or concepts that provide groundbreaking solutions to major challenges in higher education or change prevailing conditions so as to allow new solutions to be developed and deployed in remarkable and even watershed ways.

These awards may recognize technology innovation, hardware, software, integrated systems, organizational advances, and other types of achievements that are truly outstanding and transformational for the higher education community. Catalyst award winners will already have had significant demonstrable impact that is extensible to other environments within higher education and, perhaps, a broader community.

Award-worthy efforts are often collaborative in nature, and their impact may not be evident for several years.

Guidelines and Eligibility

Each initiative will be judged on four primary factors:
- Nature of the challenge addressed
- Major elements of the solution
- Unique and innovative elements of the solution
- Impact for the immediate environment and broader higher education community
Anyone, within or outside of higher education, may submit nominations for the award
Awards will be made at the discretion of EDUCAUSE, which may choose to grant no award or multiple awards in any one year.

Recognition

Award recipients are recognized at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference and an overview of the initiative is added to the gallery of award winners on the EDUCAUSE website.

Recipients

Catalyst Award Recipients

Professional Development EDUCAUSE Awards EDUCAUSE Leadership Award EDUCAUSE Rising Star Award Paul Evan Peters Award Archived Awards		EDUCAUSE Catalyst Award About the Award After considerable deliberation, the EDUCAUSE Recognition Committee did not select a Catalyst Award recipient for 2011. There were several strong contenders in the community; however, none were judged to fully meet the award guidelines or had established a record of sustained impact. In 2012, EDUCAUSE will be retiring the Catalyst Award and introducing new awards to broaden our ability to recognize innovation in our community. EDUCAUSE Catalyst Awards are given in recognition of initiatives, projects, programs or concepts that provide groundbreaking solutions to major challenges in higher education or change prevailing conditions so as to allow new solutions to be developed and deployed in remarkable and even watershed ways. These awards may recognize technology innovation, hardware, software, integrated systems, organizational advances, and other types of achievements that are truly outstanding and transformational for the higher education community. Catalyst award winners will already have had significant demonstrable impact that is extensible to other environments within higher education and, perhaps, a broader community. Award-worthy efforts are often collaborative in nature, and their impact may not be evident for several years. Guidelines and Eligibility Each initiative will be judged on four primary factors: Nature of the challenge addressed Major elements of the solution Unique and innovative elements of the solution Impact for the immediate environment and broader higher education community Anyone, within or outside of higher education, may submit nominations for the award Awards will be made at the discretion of EDUCAUSE, which may choose to grant no award or multiple awards in any one year. Recognition Award recipients are recognized at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference and an overview of the initiative is added to the gallery of award winners on the EDUCAUSE website. Recipients Catalyst Award Recipients
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