[LETTER Template for NOVA Award Solicitation.]

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[Date]

 

[Name of Person, Title]

[Company/Organization]

[Address]

 

Subject: Invitation to Nominate for NOVA Award

 

Dear [Mr./Ms./Dr. Name of Person]:

 

The Construction Innovation Forum (CIF) has identified the [Title of Innovation] as an innovation that should be nominated for the NOVA Award, the highest honor a construction innovation can receive. This is a formal invitation to you from the CIF to nominate this important innovation for the NOVA Award or to help us have it nominated by someone else.

 

I have enclosed a nomination form, which can also be easily downloaded from the CIF web site at www.cif.org. The web site is the best source of information about the NOVA Award and CIF, an international, non-profit organization that was formed to recognize and encourage innovation in the construction industry. To date CIF has presented 63 [through 2004] NOVA Awards to innovations involving 11 countries: Canada, Egypt, Finland, France, Great Britain, Holland, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. The 475 [through 2004] nominated innovations from over 20 countries are described on the web site in our nomination database.

 

The nomination consists of only three pages, so busy people can prepare it in a short time. There is no entry fee. Nominations must be postmarked by March 1, 2005 [for 2005 Nova Award] in order to be considered for the 17th [for 2005] NOVA Award Presentation Banquet on November 8, 2005 in Naples, Florida in conjunction with the Construction Users Roundtable National Conference.

 

The NOVA Award Jury reviews all nominations and selects several for in-depth investigation by CIF. The Jury then selects NOVA Award winners based on confidential investigation reports. You will be contacted by CIF in April or May for more information on your innovation if your nomination is selected for investigation.

 

All nominations are published on the CIF web site www.cif.org and included in its searchable nomination database. Information on your nominated innovation will be freely accessible throughout the world. NOVA Award Finalists and Winners receive additional publicity, as well as a special page on our web site. We invite you to visit our web site to view past NOVA Award Nominations, Finalists, and Winners.

 

This letter requests that you take whatever action is needed to have your innovation nominated by either nominating it yourself or connecting us with the appropriate person(s) to make the nomination.

 

We would appreciate you taking one of the four following actions:

(1)     You personally accept our invitation to nominate and reply to me that you do so.

(2)     You pass this request on to another person to make the nomination and reply to me with the person’s name and contact information.

(3)     You reply to me and tell me who we should contact to make the nomination and give me the person’s contact information if you can.

(4)     You reply to me that you are unable to help us obtain the nomination, so that we can attempt to contact another person to have the innovation nominated.

 

Please reply to me or ask me questions by email, fax, phone, or mail, whichever is most convenient to you. You are also welcome to contact Dr. Robert I. Carr, NOVA Award Chairman, by phone (734-665-8287), email (ricarr@umich.edu), or fax (734-665-1737).

 

Congratulations on your innovation! We look forward to receiving its nomination.

 

Very truly yours,

 

[Signature of Solicitor]

 

[Name of Solicitor]

[Title of Solicitor]

[Organization of Solicitor]

[Mail address]

EMail: xxxxx@xxxxx.xxx

Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx

Fax: xxx-xxx-xxxx