Since its establishment in 1973, a considerable number of projects sponsored by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) have garnered national and international awards. Several of these projects have been highlighted in publications such as The Chronicle for Higher Education, The New York Times, The League for Innovation in the Community College's League TLC, and Science Magazine, among others.

Many more projects have received recognition through additional grants and honors at the state and local level. Because the number of state and local awards is too large to maintain on this Web site, the list below includes only national and international awards beginning in 1992. The list also provides links to project descriptions in the FIPSE online grant database, as well as links to general award information on the awarding organizations' websites. Because the list is neither complete nor comprehensive, we invite current and former FIPSE grantees to bring to our attention additional national and international awards that they have received.

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• Reacting to the Past: Pedagogical Innovation and Dissemination
  Barnard College, New York, NY

  William Gilbert Award
  American Historical Association (AHA)

• LangMedia II: An Expanded Internet-Based Video Resource for Foreign Language and Culture
  Five College Center for the Study of World Languages, Amherst, MA

Editor's Choice Award for the Study of World Languages
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)

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• Creating and Distributing a Comprehensive Online Learning System for Diagnostic Reasoning
  Iowa State University, Ames IA

  Teaching Excellence Award
  National Student American Veterinary Medical Association (SAVMA)

  National Carl J. Norden-Pfizer Distinguished Teacher Award
  Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMA)

• Reacting to the Past: Pedagogical Innovation and Dissemination
  Barnard College, New York, NY

  Theodore M. Hesburgh Award
  Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association -- College Retirement Equity Fund (TIAA-CREF)

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• Gerontology Education Through Linking Into Networked Knowledge Systems (GET LINKS)
  Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

  Part-Time Faculty Recognition Award
  Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE)

• Disseminating the Proven Model of ArtsBridge
  University of California, Irvine, CA

  Disney Community Service Leadership Award
  Disneyland Resorts

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• Achieving Accountability: Standards-Based Teacher Professional Development
  Fordham University, Bronx, NY

  Creative Use of Technology Award
  Association for Continuing Higher Education, Inc. (ACHE) - Instructional Technology and Distance Learning Network

• The Academic Program in College Teaching – A Faculty Development Collaborative
  University of New Hampshire, Concord, NH

  Theodore M. Hesburgh Certificate of Excellence
  Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equity Fund (TIAA-CREF)

• Consortium for ITS Training and Education
  University of Maryland, College Park, MD

  Best of ITS Award in Education and Training
  ITS America

• UW Worldwide: A Multinational Project-Based Approach to the Transformation of Undergraduate Education
  University of Washington, Seattle, WA

  Director’s Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars
  National Science Foundation (NSF)

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• A Project-Based Spiral Curriculum for Chemical Engineering
  Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA

  William H. Corcoran Award, Chemical Engineering Division
  American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

• Faculty Excellence through Ethics Across the Curriculum
  Utah Valley State College, Orem, UT

  Theodore M. Hesburgh Award
  Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equity Fund (TIAA-CREF)

• College Summit: The Pipeline to College for America's Low-Income, Mid-Tier Students
  College Summit, Washington, DC

  Human Relations Award
  National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)

• The Pathways to College Network
  Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA

  Circle of Excellence Silver Medal, School and College Partnership Category
  Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)

• Civic Capacity Initiative: Integrating Liberal Arts and Professional/Career Education
  Portland State University, Portland, OR

  Thomas Ehrlich Award for Service-Learning
  Campus Compact – Sponsored by TIAA-CREF

• Computerized Processes in Enterprises Involving Emerging High-Technology Occupations
  Austin Community College, Austin, TX

  Bellwether Award Finalist in Workforce Development
  University of Florida and the National Council for Occupational Education (NCOE)

• Braunschweig Exchange Program
  National Resource Center for International Engineering
  University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

  Edu.de Cooperation Prize
  German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

• A Computer-Based Expert System to Measure Intellectual Development in College Students
  Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO

  Benjamin J. Dasher Best Paper Award – Educational Research and Methods/IEEE Division
  American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

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• Scholar and Multimedia Exchanges in Environmental/Water Resources Engineering and Sciences
  Denmark Technological University, Lyngby, Denmark

  Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Science
  Royal Netherlands Academy – Sponsored by the Heineken Foundation

• Using Distance Learning and Virtual Reality to Educate Process Technicians
  College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX

  Distinguished Performance Award – Business Coalition of the Year
  National Alliance of Businesses (NAB)
  Gulf Coast Process Technology Alliance

• National Resource Center for International Engineering
  University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

  Outstanding German Educator Award
  American Association of Teachers of German

• Disseminating a Humanities Course for Underserved Students
  Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

  National Humanities Medal
  National Endowment for the Humanities

• Direct Academic Support for Distance Students via E-mail and the World Wide Web
  Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA

  Distinguished Performance Award – Community College of the Year
  National Alliance of Business

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• Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program
  
  Evaluating the Benefits of Undergraduate Research Experience
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

  Presidential Award for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
  President of the United States

• The Teaching Teams Program: A Top-Down, Bottom-Up Strategy for Improving the Delivery of General Education Through Faculty-Undergraduate Collaboration
  University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

  Arizona Professor of the Year
  Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

• Freshman Year College
  An Online Collaborative Program Linking the Two-Year to the Four-Year College
  Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY

  Lee Noel and Randi Levitz Retention Excellence Award
  Noel-Levitz

• Gulf Coast Process Technology Alliance
  Using Distance Learning and Virtual Reality to Educate Process Technicians
  College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX

  Bellwether Award in Workforce Development
  University of Florida and National Council for Occupational Education (NCOE)

• Improving Lives, Improving Safety: A Partnership for Inmate Rehabilitation
  Maryland State Department of Education, Baltimore, MD

  Austin McCormick Award for Best Practices in Correctional Education
  Correctional Education Association (CEA)

• Development of a Computer System to Educate Students to Evaluate and Interpret Published Drug Studies
  West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

  Innovations in Teaching Honorable Mention
  American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy – Council of Faculties

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• Increasing the Participation of Women in Science, Engineering and Business: A Dissemination Project
  Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ

  Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
  President of the United States

• A Curriculum for Training Mentor and Mentees: A Catalyst for Changing the Climate for Women in Science and Engineering
  University of Washington, Seattle, WA

  Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
  President of the United States

• Collaborative, Multi-Disciplinary Honors Seminars on Complex Contemporary Problems
  University of California, Davis, CA

  Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology
  Sponsored by Florida Community College in Jacksonville and the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

• Curriculum Revision for Community-Oriented Dental Education
  University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ

  Stephen Leeper Award
  Omicron Kappa Upsilon

• Transforming the American Workforce: Education for Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship (PDF)
  Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

  Model of Excellence Award, Vision 2000: States and Small Businesses Conference
  United States Small Business Administration – Office of Advocacy

• TRANSFORMATIONS, Freshman Year College
  An Online Collaborative Program Linking the Two-Year to the Four-Year College
  Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY

  Theodore M. Hesburgh Award
  Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equity Fund (TIAA-CREF)

• Restructuring the Instructional Programs at Santa Barbara City College
  Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA

  Computerworld Smithsonian Laureate in Education and Academia
  Computerworld Smithsonian Program

• Improving Lives, Improving Safety: A Partnership for Inmate Rehabilitation
  Maryland State Department of Education, Baltimore, MD

  Exemplary Offender Program Award
  American Correctional Association (ACA)

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• Disabities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology (DO-IT)
  

  DO-IT 24 – Transition from Community Colleges to 4-Year Institutions: Supporting Students with Disabilities
  University of Washington, Seattle, WA

  Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
  President of the United States

• Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
  Evaluating the Benefits of Undergraduate Research Experience
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

  Recognition Award for Integration of Research and Teaching
  National Science Foundation (NSF)

• Comprehensive Teacher Education Institute
  Learning at Many Levels: Teacher Preparation at Professional Development Schools
  University of California, Riverside, CA

  Award for the Distinguished Program in Teacher Education
  Association of Teacher Educators (ATE)

• Disseminating a New Approach to Calculus for Non-Technical Students
  Clemson University, Clemson, SC

  Grand Prize in Business Math, Exemplary Programs in Introductory College Mathematics - Innovative Programs Using Technology (INPUT) Competition
  Mathematical Association of America – Sponsored by Central Michigan University, Annenberg/Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Science Foundation

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• Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
  Evaluating the Benefits of Undergraduate Research Experience
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

  Theodore M. Hesburgh Certificate of Excellence
  Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equity Fund (TIAA-CREF)

• Technology-Enhanced Accent Modification for International Teaching Assistants
  Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH

  National Award for Innovations in Teaching English
  English Speaking Union of the United States

• A Project to Disseminate Workshop Physics into Introductory Science, Math and Computer Science Courses at Six Other Institutions
  Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA

  Robert A. Millikan Medal
  American Association of Physics Teachers

• Freshman Year Initiative
  Creating an Academic Community for Freshmen at a Commuter College
  Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY

  Theodore M. Hesburgh Certificate of Excellence
  Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equity Fund (TIAA-CREF)

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• Disabities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology (DO-IT)
  DO-IT 24 – Transition from Community Colleges to 4-Year Institutions: Supporting Students with Disabilities
  University of Washington, Seattle, WA

  Champions of Cyberspace Award
  National Information Infrastructure (NII)

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• Comprehensive Teacher Education Institute
  Learning at Many Levels: Teacher Preparation at Professional Development Schools
  University of California, Riverside, CA

  Exemplary Teacher Education Program Award
  National Education Association (NEA)

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• A Project to Disseminate Workshop Physics into Introductory Science, Math and Computer Science Courses at Six Other Institutions
  Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA

  Distinguished Service Citation
  American Association of Physics Teachers

  Charles A. Dana Award for Pioneering Achievement in American Education
  The Dana Foundation

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• Professional Development Program
  University of California, Berkeley, CA

  MacArthur Fellowship
  The MacArthur Foundation

• National Resource Center for International Engineering
  University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

  Award for Educational Innovation
  Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology

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