To recognize individuals and teams whose efforts demonstrate three of the following four components: Initiative, Innovation, Measurable results, Sustaining impact.

Individuals and teams can be nominated at these levels of impact:

• Unit
• Department
• Interdepartmental
• Campus

Nominated effort should show lasting positive results in at least one of these areas: (listed in alphabetical order)

• Community building and collaboration
• Cost-saving
• Customer satisfaction (students, clients, patients, employees, taxpayer, and parents)
• Development, preservation, or dissemination of knowledge
• Enhancing the student or patient experience
• Healthy working relationships and a supportive environment
• Outreach to community and state
• Process improvement
• Project development (results not presently known)
• Safety
• Staff development through mentoring
• Stewardship of University resources

• Nominations may be written by yourself, a co-worker or supervisor - a supervisor or team sponsor signature is necessary.
• Nominations can be emailed to oe-leader@uiowa.edu for evaluation and disbursement to the review committee. 
• Review committee evaluates the nominations for suitability for the I.O.W.A. 1-2 weeks after nomination submissions. 

Send your nomination form to oe-leader@uiowa.edu by 11:59pm the evening of November 1st or February 15th.

• Certificates for awardees are sent to supervisors for presentation in their areas.
• Annual reception is held in spring for both fall and spring awardees, supervisors and nominators. University leaders present a physical I.O.W.A. award to all winners for the past fiscal year and publicly recognize the significant contributions of the I.O.W.A. awardees.