The Grundfos Prize 2009

The Grundfos Prize was established by the Poul Due Jensen Foundation in 2001 . Its purpose is to promote, acknowledge and support national and international research in innovative and foresighted solutions useful to the community within the engineering and scientific area. Nomination: Everyone is welcome to recommend candidates for the Grundfos Prize. The recommendation must consist of a motivation (a maximum of 3 to 4 pages) as well as a brief CV. Deadline for the nomination: 1 May 2009. The Grundfos Prize ceremony: The Prize consists of the ”Be-Think-Innovate” sculpture as well as DKK 1m – of which DKK 250,000 is given to the prize winner personally and DKK 750,000 for further research in the area in question. The motivation is sent to: Grundfos Management A/S The Grundfos Prize Secretariat Poul Due Jensens Vej 7 8850 Bjerringbro ”Grundfosprisen 2009” The announcement of the winner: The Grundfos Prize is awarded on 29 September 2009. The Jury: The jury consists of Niels Due Jensen, Grundfos Group Chairman, Lars Kolind, Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Sven Caspersen, Vice-chancellor at Aalborg University, Vice Rector, Ms. Nina Smith, Aarhus University, and Preben Terndrup Pedersen, Professor at the Technical University of Denmark. Previous Prize Winners: 2008 "Research within the development of new products and processes..." Professor, Anne Strunge Meyer, Dept. of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the Technical University of Danmark (DTU). > Read press release 2007 "Research within the field of Nano materials." Professor, Jens Kehlet Nørskov head of NanoDTU which is the largest Nano initiative in Denmark > Read press release 2006 "Research in material and surface physics, nanotechnology and nanoscience." Dr Flemming Besenbacher, Head of the iNANO centre at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. 2005 "Globalisation and Denmark" The Prize was not granted in 2005. 2004 Research within the field of scientific research in power electronics Professor Frede Blåbjerg, Aalborg University, Department of Energy Technology. > Read press release 2003 Award-winning paper: “Danmark i vidensamfundet – udfordringer for forsknings- og uddannelsespolitikken” (Denmark in a society of knowledge – challenges for research and education policies”). Svend Erik Hougaard Jensen, Director of Research CEBR (Center for Economic and Business Research) and Professor at the University of Southern Denmark. Ulrich Kaiser, Research Fellow at CEBR and Permanent Guest Professor at the University of Southern Denmark. Nikolaj Maichow-Møller, Research Fellow at CEBR. Jan Rose Skaksen, Economic Adviser and Professor at the Copenhagen Business School. Anders Sørensen, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC. > Read press release 2002 Research within shape and topology optimisation of mechanical systems. Professor Ole Sigmund, Technical University of Denmark. > Read press release *) If a qualified candidate is not found, the prize will not be awarded.