Named in recognition of the founding president of NIBS, the David Gillingham Award was introduced in 2013. Its aim is to honour outstanding, internationally-oriented business education projects, and to encourage NIBS member schools to share best practices with their peers.
The award consists of a certificate, and formal recognition at the NIBS Annual Conference. An abstract of the winning project is also published on the NIBS website.
Selection criteria:
Projects will be judged on the extent to which they:
- advance business education
- meaningfully engage students and/or faculty members
- have an international interest or horizon
- are inspiring
- have an impact on the host school or a network of schools
- potentially benefit the wider community
Both ‘in progress’ and completed projects are eligible.
Application process:
The David Gillingham Award is open to all NIBS member institutions. To be considered, schools should prepare a description of the initiative (no more than 500 words) along with two PowerPoint summary slides and submit them via email to newsletter@nibsweb.org on or before 21 April 2023.
Finalists will be asked to give a short presentation about their project with the winner being selected via audience vote.
Past Winners:
2023
Winner: International Marketing Week Network
Barbara Brooijmans, EPHEC, Belgium
Sven Cerulus, Mario De Wolf, UCLL, Belgium
Professor Joachim Link, Heilbronn UAS, Germany
Runner-up: Authentic Actions: “Becoming the Change You Want to See in the World”
Dr. Petra van Heugten, Gemma Coughlan, PhD(c), Hanze UAS, the Netherlands
Runner-up: International Debate Series
Professor Marieta Velikova, Belmont University, U.S.A
Runner-up: Dashboard for data-driven intercultural learning
Ed Overes, Zuyd UAS, Netherlands
Runner-up: Cross border projects
Chris Schrage, Laura Zabala Velez, University of Northern Iowa, U.S.A
2022
Winner: International Collaborative Inclusion through Business Simulation,
Ed OVERES, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Runner up: Motivating international newbies for strategic management through a COIL XL,
Neji MILAD, University:
Artevelde University of Applied Sciences, Belgium
Runner up: Student Learning Ambassadors Module (SLAM)
Professor Ding NING, Mariusz SOLTANIFAR
Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, Netherlands
Runner up: Working Across Borders (WAB)
Sven CERULUS
Runner up: An innovative approach to over the technical challenges as a result of Brexit, for Swedish student’s funding provision, studying validated U.K. top-up programmes in Sweden.
Colin KNAPP, Rebecka Persson and Otto Lilliehöök.
Företagsekonomiska Institutet (FEI), Sweden
2021
2020 The David Gillingham Award wasn’t run due to the global pandemic.
2019
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands, for ‘The Rotterdam Business Case’. This unique project partnered with The Foundation Entrepreneurs Soundboard and Rotterdam City Council combined to nurtured and mentor over 400 successful entrepreneurs from below the poverty line. Students, mentors and businesses combined in a young + old = gold initiative to support developing businesses. The model’s success was shared with partners in Finland and Brighton to add an international dimension.
2018
2017
Carleton University, Canada, for the ‘From Buckets to Rain Barrels‘ learning initiative in which business, engineering and industrial design students collaborate with NGOs and residents to develop water purification and storage solutions for a drought-impacted region of Tanzania.
>> Read the news article (Carleton University)
2016
Jackson State University, USA, for the ‘Passport to the World‘ initiative for students from historically disadvantaged backgrounds.
2015
FH Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, Austria, for the Scaling Up from Local to Global collaborative entrepreneurship and learning program.
>> Read the news article (English translation in Wirtschafts Zeit)
2014
International Business Academy, Denmark, for the VELUX Foundation Project.
2013
Arkansas State University, USA, for their Ecuador Project in Salinas de Guaranda.
>> Read the news article (ASU News)