Recognizing the Best of the Indiana Uplands
2025 Award Nominations Now Open! Submit your nominations by January 31, 2025.
This year’s award winners will be recognized at the ROI Annual Report to the Region on February 18 in French Lick.
The Indiana Uplands Regional Innovation Awards highlight the amazing people, groups, and organizations working to make the region a terrific place to work, live, learn, and play! Join us in helping to recognize deserving people, groups, and organizations that have made meaningful improvements to education, workforce, economic development, and/or quality of place within the 11 counties of the Uplands region.
If you cannot access the Google Form, please download the Award Submission Word Doc and send your completed forms to Suzannah Couch at scouch@regionalopportunityinc.org.
2025 Award Categories
Becky Skillman Regional Leadership Award
The Becky Skillman Regional Leadership Award recognizes an individual or organization that has shown uncommon dedication to bringing the Indiana Uplands region together in pursuit of regional success and prosperity.
Regional Collaboration Award
The Regional Collaboration Award recognizes two or more organizations that have worked collaboratively to advance prosperity for residents of the Uplands region through education, economic, or quality of place efforts.
Diversity Innovation Award
The Diversity Innovation Award will honor individuals or organizations that have implemented innovative strategies for attracting and/or retaining diversity in the regional workforce.
Employer Innovation Award
The Employer Innovation Award recognizes an Indiana Uplands employer who seeks creative solutions to talent and workforce development challenges, supports the success of regional key sectors, and exemplifies meaningful partnerships with K-12 schools, postsecondary institutions, and/or other employers.
Quality of Place Innovation Award
The Quality of Place Innovation Award recognizes projects and meaningful community improvements that enhance the Indiana Uplands as an inventive, industrious, and friendly place to live, work, and play.
STEM Innovation Award
The STEM Innovation Award recognizes a program or organization that has made meaningful and novel contributions to STEM education or training in the Indiana Uplands.
Talent Innovation Award
The Talent Innovation Award recognizes an entity that has designed and deployed an innovative strategy for improving our regional workforce through training, skill advancement, or talent attraction to the Indiana Uplands.