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Person with the World’s Largest Negative Carbon Footprint Wins the €1 Million Millennium Technology Prize

Helsinki, 4 September:  The 2024 Millennium Technology Prize has been awarded to Professor Bantval Jayant Baliga of North Carolina State University, United States, for his innovation that has enabled dramatic reduction in worldwide electrical energy and petrol consumption. The €1 million global award for technology recognizes Baliga’s leadership in the invention, development, and commercialization of the Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT). Since its development in the 1980s, the IGBT has been the most important semiconductor device for making electrical energy use and petrol

Millennium Technology Prize opens its nomination period at the 20-year milestone of the Prize

One of the world’s leading technology prizes, Millennium Technology Prize, will be awarded for the next time on 30 October 2024, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Prize. The global call for nominations of breakthrough innovations will be open between 1 April and 31 October 2023. Nominations can now be made by individuals, companies, and other organizations in all fields of technology except military technology*.Millennium Technology Prize is the pre-eminent one-million-euro award focused on technological innovations for a better life. This includes work that improves human well-being,

Solar Cell Pioneer Wins the €1 Million Millennium Technology Prize

Helsinki, 25 October:  The 2022 Millennium Technology Prize has been awarded to Scientia Professor Martin Green of the UNSW Sydney, Australia, for his innovation that has transformed the production of solar energy. The €1 million global award for technology, conferred every two years, recognised Green’s leadership in the development of the Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC). Since its development in 1983, the PERC has gone on to become the most commercially viable and efficient silicon solar cell technology for use in solar panels and for large-scale electricity production,

Millennium Technology Prize 2022 nomination period begins – new flavours in Prize criteria include equality, ethics, and wise use of resources

Millennium Technology Prize will be awarded for the next time on 25 October 2022. The call for nominating breakthrough innovations deserving of the Prize will be open between 2 August and 31 October 2021. Nominations are welcomed from organizations worldwide and from all fields except military technology. The prize criteria are being renewed for this round of nominations. Millennium Technology Prize  will still be granted to technological innovations that broadly improve the life of humankind and promote sustainable development. However, the revised criteria

DNA SEQUENCING PIONEERS WIN THE MILLENNIUM TECHNOLOGY PRIZE

· British duo Professor Shankar Balasubramanian and Professor David Klenerman have been awarded the Millennium Technology Prize for their development of revolutionary DNA sequencing techniques. · The duo’s Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology means DNA can now be read in super-fast times. · This means huge benefits to society, from helping the fight against killer diseases such as COVID-19 or cancer, to better understanding crop diseases and enhancing food production. · President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö, Patron of the Prize presented the award in a virtual

Millennium Technology Prize 2018 for Tuomo Suntola – Finnish physicist’s innovation enables manufacture and development of IT products

Finnish physicist Tuomo Suntola’s innovative technology, atomic layer deposition (ALD), has made our lives with high efficiency smartphones, computers and social media possible. ALD technology also offers medical and sustainable energy applications. The President of the Republic of Finland Mr Sauli Niinistö presented the eighth Millennium Technology Prize in Helsinki on 22 May 2018.The biennial one-million-euro Millennium Technology Prize  has been awarded to Dr. Tuomo Suntola. Suntola’s prize-winning ALD (atomic layer deposition) innovation is a

Millennium Technology Prize 2018 for Tuomo Suntola – Finnish physicist’s innovation enables manufacture and development of IT products

Finnish physicist Tuomo Suntola’s innovative technology, atomic layer deposition (ALD), has made our lives with high efficiency smartphones, computers and social media possible. ALD technology also offers medical and sustainable energy applications. The President of the Republic of Finland Mr Sauli Niinistö presented the eighth Millennium Technology Prize in Helsinki on 22 May 2018.The biennial one-million-euro Millennium Technology Prize  has been awarded to Dr. Tuomo Suntola. Suntola’s prize-winning ALD (atomic layer deposition) innovation is a

Technology Academy Finland awards Finnish biotech company: Millennium Distinction Award goes to MetGen, producer of industrial enzymes

Technology Academy Finland (TAF)  has given the Millennium Distinction Award  to MetGen Oy , a company specialising in directed evolution, also known as protein engineering.TAF awards the Millennium Distinction Award on alternate years with the Millennium Technology Prize. The Distinction is awarded to a company or researcher operating in Finland whose work is connected with the research field of the preceding winner of the Millennium Technology Prize. The 2016 Millennium Technology Prize (

72 innovations nominated for the Millennium Technology Prize

A total of 72 innovations and 105 individuals were nominated for the 2018 Millennium Technology Prize by the nomination deadline. Health technology, biomedicine and materials and process technology received the most nominations.Most of the nominations were from Europe, followed by the United States. Candidates were nominated most actively by universities and research institutions, while companies were somewhat more active than before. Asia was especially active in making submissions, with Asian organisations nominating three times as many innovations as in the previous nomination period in

Changes at Technology Academy Finland

Ari Ahonen Appointed New President and CEO The Board of Technology Academy Finland (TAF) has appointed Dr. Ari Ahonen the Foundation’s new President and CEO as of September 1, 2017. Current holder of the position Juha Ylä-Jääski will retire on September 1.TAF Chair of the Board Marja Makarow thanks Ylä-Jääski for his work leading TAF and especially for widening the scope of the Academy’s operations. “During Juha Ylä-Jääski’s term as President and CEO, Technology Academy Finland has increased its societal impact through several programs. One particular area of focus has been inspiring

Nomination of candidates for 2018 Millennium Technology Prize begins today

Technology Academy Finland (TAF) invites the scientific and innovation community around the world to nominate candidates for the 2018 Millennium Technology Prize. The nomination period opens today and nominations will be accepted until July 31, 2017. The one million euro Prize is one of the largest innovation prizes in the world. It is awarded for groundbreaking technological innovations that help solve the great challenges of humankind in a sustainable manner. The winner will be announced on May 22, 2018. Nominations for the Prize can be made by universities, research institutes,

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