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INNOVATION AWARD
LASER TECHNOLOGY
OBJECTIVES SELECTION PROCEDURE
AND FINALISTS
The Innovation Award Laser Technology is an Eu- A shortlist of best candidates is compiled by an
ropean research prize awarded at 2-yearly inter- international jury consisting of ten members
vals by the associations Arbeitskreis Lasertechnik recruited from industry and the research com-
e.V. and European Laser Institute ELI. The award munity. The prize winner, as well as the second
can be conferred on an individual researcher or and third placed, are then selected as finalists by
on an entire project group, whose exceptional the jury on the basis of merit. The prizewinner
skills and dedicated work have led to an outstand- will receive the sum of 10 000 € in recognition of
ing innovation in the field of laser technology. The his/her work and will also be awarded the title of
MORE INFORMATION: scientific and technological projects in question “AKL Fellow” and “ELI Fellow”.
must center on the use of laser light in materi-
www.innovation-award-laser.org als processing and the methods of producing such
light, and must furthermore be of demonstrable
commercial value to industry.
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