NOMINATION GUIDELINES

General Principles

The Millennium Technology Prize is awarded for a specific groundbreaking innovation in the field of technology. The winning innovation must be shown to enhance people’s quality of life and sustainable development both now and in the future. The Prize is not awarded for cumulative accomplishments over a lifetime career.

Significant factors in the evaluation process include the number of people affected by an innovation and the extent of the changes they experience as a consequence. Technologies that have not yet been applied in practice are not eligible for the award.

The awarding of the Prize is also intended to stimulate further cutting-edge research and development in science and technology. Due consideration is also therefore given to each nominee’s current activities. Ideally, nominees continue to be engaged in work that further advances their innovation and its practical applications.

The Millennium Technology Prize is under the patronage of the President of Finland.

Nominations

The nomination period begins on 10 January 2011 and ends on 31 July 2011.

Nominees

The Millennium Technology Prize can be awarded to a single individual or to a research and development team. It can also be shared between two or three individuals who are shown to have made a critical contribution of essentially equal merit to the success of the innovation. Citizens of all nations are eligible. In cases where the International Selection Committee judges that the merit for an innovation should be ascribed differently from that proposed in the nomination documents, the committee may reduce or extend the number of individuals being considered.

Nominators

Representatives of science and engineering academies, universities, research institutes, industrial enterprises and associations may submit nominations for the Millennium Technology Prize. If the nominating organisation considers more than one innovation to be worthy of the Millennium Technology Prize, more than one nomination may be submitted. Self-nominations are not accepted.

Nomination Documents

All nomination material must be presented in English and sent to Technology Academy Finland, preferably by e-mail. A nomination consists of the following documents:

1. Nomination Form (one page)

The Nomination Form is available at the Millennium website (“Nomination Documents”). Please complete a separate Nomination Form for each candidate.

2. Nomination Letter (1–5 pages)

The Nomination Letter and any possible appendices should cover the following topics:

a) Specific details of the cited innovation and the underlying technological development
b) The present and future impact of the innovation on quality of life and sustainable development
c) Identification of each nominee and their role in the innovation process
d) Details of each nominee's current activities
e) Copies of possible media coverage concerning the nominee and the cited innovation.

3. Two Supporting Letters (1–3 pages each)

Letters supporting the nomination written by two distinguished individuals from separate organisations must be provided. These letters must refer explicitly to both the nominee and the innovation presented in the Nomination Letter. Additional supporting letters may be submitted if they are considered necessary to describe particular features of the nominee and/or the innovation. Supporting Letters can be e-mailed directly to Technology Academy Finland.

4. Nominee's Curriculum Vitae (1–3 pages)

Each Nominee’s CV should be a concise list which includes details of education, positions of responsibility held, industrial and academic affiliations, a list of key patents and publications, honours granted and awards received. Separate CVs must be supplied for each nominee.

Period of Eligibility

All qualifying nominations are valid for one selection round only.

Submission

All nomination material must be presented in English and e-mailed to: nomination2012(at)technologyacademy.fi
by 31 July 2011. Please combine all the nomination material you are transmitting into a single e-mail message whenever possible.

Nominations that cannot be sent by e-mail should be sent to the following address: Technology Academy Finland, Pohjoisesplanadi 33A, 00100 Helsinki, Finland.

For specific guidelines on submitting a nomination and related enquiries, please contact D.Sc. (Tech.) Ainomaija Haarla, President and CEO of Technology Academy Finland: firstname.lastname@technologyacademy.fi

Information in the nomination documents relating to individuals who are eventually selected as Laureates may be subsequently used to prepare publicity material describing those Laureates and their innovations.