The NanoNed Innovation Award: a prize to stimulate outstanding nanotechnology innovation!

By innovation we mean the creation of value through the successful exploitation of new ideas. We are looking for excellent ideas with potential for commercialisation. Scientists and entrepreneurs: take it out of the lab and hit the road!

What
We welcome all applications that give an account of an innovation in the form of a product, process, patent, invention or service, which resulted from NanoNed research. The innovation should be a novel idea that either solves a problem or improves an existing product, process or service. The application should give a description of the innovation and how it has been (or will be) worked out and implemented. Examples of implementation include: building intellectual property, establishing commercial relations with industry, founding small businesses, etc. 

Criteria
Entries can be submitted by anyone in NanoNed, including matching researchers. Submissions will be judged by a panel of technology and business experts.
The panel will judge:
- the commercial potential
- the innovative character
- the (proposed) implementation. 

Submissions
The deadline for applications is Friday, 22 October 2010 at 12 p.m. Please use the submission form on the NanoNed portal. 

The award
A prize of €5000,- can be spent on personal and career development activities. NanoNed will generate publicity (website, press release and features in magazines). The Innovation Award will be presented to the winner at the MicroNanoConference ’10 (17 and 18 November 2010 in Enschede); to receive the award you will need to attend the MicroNanoConference.

The idea must be of exceptional quality; the jury reserves the right not to award the prize if the ideas are not thought to be of a sufficiently high quality. 

For more information please contact: Dr. Marjan Fretz ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; 030 6001325).