Comienzan nominaciones para el Premio de Tecnología del Milenio 2018
It is awarded to personalities whose technological advances have helped to solve the great challenges of humanity in a sustainable way. The name of the winner will be known on May 22, 2018.
This award, with a prize of one million euros, is one of the highest distinctions of global technological innovation. It is awarded to personalities whose technological advances have helped to solve the great challenges of humanity in a sustainable way. The name of the winner will be known on May 22, 2018.La Technology Academy Finland (TAF) Invites the international scientific and technological community to nominate candidates to the Technology of 2018 Millennium Award. The period for doing so starts today same and all nominations that were submitted before 31 July of this year will be accepted.
Organisms that can submit nominations for this award include universities, research institutes, academies and companies around the world. Available to the citizens of all nationalities and belonging to all technological fields, with the exception of the areas related to military technology.
The nominee can be a person or a group of research. Winning innovation must be accompanied by a reliable record of practical applications and a clear potential for development in its investigation.
The winners of the past editions of the The Millennium technology prize they represent a broad range of innovations, with advances ranging from revolutionary techniques in the field of medical and biotechnological innovations in the field of renewable energy and information technologies. It's scientists first order and personalities pioneers in their fields, and which are currently at the top of his career.
The winners also include two Nobel laureates, Shuji Nakamura, by the invention of the blue and white light-emitting diodes, and Shinya Yamanaka, for his research in the field of stem cells. The last winner, French Arnoldreceived the prize in 2016 thanks to their advances in the methods of directed evolution, a technology that allows you to create proteins that are currently used widely in the manufacture of fuels, paper products, medicines, textiles and chemicals for agriculture.
Nominations are submitted to the evaluation of a selection Committee consisting of renowned researchers and innovators from different disciplines and geographic areas. One of the key criteria of the evaluation is that award-winning innovation should have amply demonstrated its benefits for all humanity and to contribute to spur sustainable growth. After a thorough evaluation process, the Committee submits its recommendation on the winner to the Board of the Technology Academy Finland, whose members are finally responsible for selecting it.
Nominations and additional information
The criteria and documents for nominations are available in www.millenniumprize.fi/cfn
Documents for nominations must be provided in English and submitted to the Technology Academy Finland before July 31, 2017, in www.millenniumprize.fi/cfn.
For any queries and detailed instruction: Juha Yla-JääskiPresident and Chief Executive Officer, Technology Academy Finland, + 358 40 903 0606, juha.yla-jääski (at) taf.fi
Collaborators of the Millennium technology prize
The Millennium technology prize has the support of numerous Finnish companies, FIM, Neste, Nokia, Outotec, and academic and official institutions. Aalto University is a key contributor to the Technology Academy Finland.
