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Aalto Pioneering Excellence Awards were granted ºÚÁÏÍø teams that do pioneering work to develop the quality and excellence of operations.
It's time to nominate a candidate for Aalto Pioneering Excellence Award
The award is granted yearly to teams addressing unique challenges and striving for sustainable value creation and superior performance. Get nominating an award recipient by mid-September!
Aalto University invites suggestions for Aalto Pioneering Excellence Award winners. The award is granted yearly to teams addressing unique challenges and striving for sustainable value creation and superior performance. Nominate an award recipient by September 15, 2023!
The award is given to teams that do pioneering work in the following areas:
- education development,
- to improve the excellence and impact of research and artistic activity; and
- to enable the international success of the Aalto University community.
The awarded activity can:
- be cross-border activity that fuels and brings on the success of others.
- develop an ethically sustainable and responsible culture and way of working.
- involve key stakeholder groups in the development of operations, taking into account the views and expectations of all stakeholder groups.
- promote creativity and excellence in the Aalto University community.
- build on previous knowledge and experience, and use resources wisely and efficiently.
See the award winners of 2022 and 2022
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