{"id":119,"date":"2024-07-05T17:12:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T17:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2026-03-13T14:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:40:40","slug":"uga-team-impact-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/uga-team-impact-award\/","title":{"rendered":"UGA Team Impact Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1758823819543{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2193 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2025\/09\/team-impact-award-2025-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Biointerface Translation and Engineering Center (BTEC)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2025\/09\/team-impact-award-2025-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2025\/09\/team-impact-award-2025-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2025\/09\/team-impact-award-2025-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2025\/09\/team-impact-award-2025.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2025 Team Impact Award winner<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The Biointerface Translation and Engineering Center (BTEC)<\/strong>, an interdisciplinary research initiative spanning the College of Engineering, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, and the College of Veterinary Medicine, is at the forefront of transforming biomedical research through innovation in advanced biomaterials for medical devices. Addressing critical clinical challenges such as thrombosis, infection, and antimicrobial resistance, BTEC\u2019s work spans a range of applications including vascular catheters, wound dressings, implantable sensors, and extracorporeal life-support systems. The team has secured over $12 million in competitive federal research grants, and their collaborative efforts have resulted in more than 35 patent filings, numerous high-impact publications, and significant mentorship of students across multiple disciplines. By integrating materials science, microbiology, and clinical research, BTEC is pioneering next-generation medical technologies poised to enhance patient outcomes globally.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The Team Impact Award recognizes the critical contributions made by crosscutting teams in addressing today\u2019s complex challenges. Specifically, the award recognizes a team for excellence in innovative and impactful scholarship that either has or soon promises to fundamentally advance knowledge, understanding and\/or applications in ways not achievable by individual investigators or single disciplinary approaches alone.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong><i>Contact for questions:<\/i><\/strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><strong><i>Integrative Team Initiatives, Office of Research \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:research-teams@uga.edu\">research-teams@uga.edu<\/a><a href=\"mailto:ovprip@uga.edu\">.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Award Description<\/strong><strong>\u00a0and Eligibility<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Team Impact Award\u00a0<\/strong>recognizes the critical contributions made by crosscutting teams in addressing today\u2019s complex challenges. Specifically, the award recognizes a team for excellence in innovative and impactful scholarship that either has or soon promises to fundamentally advance knowledge, understanding, and\/or applications in ways not achievable by individual investigators or single disciplinary approaches alone.<\/li>\n<li>Prize: The winning team will receive $5,000 for application in its research program.<\/li>\n<li>Eligible teams can be comprised of any disciplines, but must be composed of at least three distinct disciplines or subdisciplines.<\/li>\n<li>Eligible teams must be comprised of independent faculty each providing complementary interdisciplinary or subdisciplinary expertise, and each of whom has made separate substantive and discrete contributions in a novel manner to the project being recognized.<\/li>\n<li>Team members may belong to other organizations including academic institutions, and public or private sectors; however, the team must be led by a full-time UGA faculty member and the majority of team members must be from UGA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Nomination Process<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The nomination letter must be from a UGA faculty member or administrator that is not a member of the team. Teams are encouraged to initiate discussions with potential nominators.<\/li>\n<li>Nominations will be submitted by the Team Leader through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uga.infoready4.com\/\">UGA\u2019s InfoReady Portal<\/a>\u00a0via the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uga.infoready4.com\/#freeformCompetitionDetail\/1943464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Team Impact Award Nomination Form.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Final nominations must be submitted to the Office of Research via the UGA InfoReady site by\u00a0<strong>November 1<sup>st<\/sup><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Nomination Materials<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>All submissions must include the following:\n<ol>\n<li>A 2- 3 sentence explanation\/description of the team\u2019s work and its impact suitable for the general public. (Form field)<\/li>\n<li>Nomination letter (maximum of three pages) which comprehensively describes the candidate team\u2019s novel and significant work that has had, or is demonstrably on the path to leading to far-reaching impact. The letter must specifically outline the team\u2019s work and substantive impact and emphasize specific features of the team\u2019s efforts that represent innovative, high-functioning teamwork and synergy, and how these features have advanced both the project and their respective field(s).\u00a0 The letter must clearly show how the integrative team efforts have resulted in outcomes much greater than the sum of those achievable from their individual contributions alone. Documentation that directly supports the mentioned accomplishments must be referenced. (UPLOAD)<\/li>\n<li>A list of all members of the team and their professional titles, affiliations and a description of each member\u2019s role and what specific, enabling expertise they bring to the team and how their collaboration has enabled the team\u2019s success (no more than 150 words for each member). Use the Excel template\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uga.infoready4.com\/PlatformServicesV2\/Commons\/getDocument\/Team%20Member%20List%20and%20Roles%20Template.xlsx?documentName=369a10da-6c7e-48eb-9d60-def00aeb2bea.xlsx&amp;applicationId=7&amp;size=10\">found here<\/a>\u00a0(and also found in the right-hand menu of the InfoReady submission form). (UPLOAD)<\/li>\n<li>Supporting documents, i.e., publications, brochures, examples of innovative teamwork or synergy, etc. (maximum of 5 pages total). (UPLOAD)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Evaluation and Selection Process<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Nomination packages are reviewed by an interdisciplinary committee of faculty.<\/li>\n<li>Recommendations are provided to the Vice President for Research who makes the final selection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Team Impact Award winners<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View all&#8221; style=&#8221;custom&#8221; custom_background=&#8221;#ba0c2f&#8221; custom_text=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.uga.edu%2Fresearch-awards%2Faward-recipients-3%2Fteam-impact-award%2F|target:_blank&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1758823819543{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] 2025 Team Impact Award winner The Biointerface Translation and Engineering Center (BTEC), an interdisciplinary research initiative spanning the College of Engineering, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, and the College of Veterinary Medicine, is at the forefront of transforming biomedical research through innovation in advanced biomaterials for medical devices. 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