Awards and Grants

• Awards

  EXCELLENCE IN INSTRUCTION, EXCELLENCE IN INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT, AND EXCELLENCE IN ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP AWARDS

  The FACT² Excellence in Instruction Awards, Excellence in Instructional Support Awards and Excellence in Administrative Leadership Awards are system-level honors conferred to acknowledge and provide system-wide recognition for consistently noteworthy achievement and to encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence. These awards underscore SUNY’s commitment to the use of technology to support access to superior education, to advance the boundaries of knowledge, and to serve the public good. Through these awards, SUNY publicly proclaims its pride in the accomplishment and personal dedication of its Instructional Faculty, Technology Support Professionals and Administrative Leaders.   Please use this opportunity to showcase the excellent work being performed on your campus.  Awards will be presented at CIT 2024.

  There are six awards:

  • FACT² Excellence in Instruction: Community Colleges
  • FACT² Excellence in Instruction: State-Operated and Statutory Campuses
  • FACT² Excellence in Instructional Support: Community Colleges
  • FACT² Excellence in Instructional Support: State-Operated and Statutory Campuses
  • FACT² Excellence in Administrative Leadership: Community Colleges
  • FACT² Excellence in Administrative Leadership: State-Operated and Statutory Campuses

  FACT² EXCELLENCE IN INSTRUCTION AWARDS

  These two awards recognize SUNY full or part-time teaching faculty, working individually or in collaboration with others, engaging in innovative uses of technology in the teaching and learning process. A recipient of this award has incorporated new or existing technology in ways that enhance the curriculum and engage students using methods and strategies that are scalable and transportable to other settings.

  FACT² EXCELLENCE IN INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT AWARDS

  These two awards recognize excellence by full or part-time instructional support persons involved in supporting innovative uses of educational technologies to meaningfully improve teaching and learning by working individually or in collaboration with teaching faculty in the strategic application of curriculum within SUNY. The recipient or team receiving this award has demonstrated excellence through instructional support practice, and the ability to recognize pedagogical opportunities and to devise strategies for infusing the curriculum with innovative use of technology that aligns with learning outcomes.

  FACT² EXCELLENCE IN ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP

  These two awards acknowledge leaders who facilitate the use of technology by faculty and professional staff to create, enhance, or expand a service, program, or activity that advances student success. A recipient of this award has demonstrated significant and positive leadership by promoting innovation in programmatic offerings, related academic endeavors, and investments that inspire culture change. Examples of persons eligible to be nominated for the award would include but not be limited to campus and institutional leaders such as Department Chairs, Deans, Directors, and Senior Administrators such as Chief Academic Officers, Chief Information Officers, Vice-Presidents, etc.

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  You are encouraged to read through the Awards Criteria Rubrics (*PDF) and to use this opportunity to nominate someone you know, or yourself, for Excellence in Instruction,  Excellence in Instructional Support, or Excellence in Administrative Leadership for 2025.

  SUBMIT A NOMINATION

  FACT² is pleased to announce the dates for nomination submission for FACT² Excellence in Instruction, Excellence in Instructional Support Awards, and Excellence in Administrative Leadership. The online nomination is now open.  The nomination deadline is Monday, December 9, 2024. The Call for Nominations announcement will be sent via the FACT² Listserv. If you are not on the FACT² Listserv, Submit a Request to Join.

  Nominations must be submitted online.   

  Submit your Nomination  

  1. Click the “Submit Nomination” button to log in or to create an account to submit a nomination.
  2. If you do not have an account, click the “Need to create an account?” link to open the account creation form.
  3. Fill in the required information and Click the “Create” button.
  4. You will then click the “Submit Nomination” button and begin the nomination submission process.

  Programs Administered by the Provost’s Office with support from FACT²

  *PDF – You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader (free software) in order to view and print PDF files.

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