The Crystal Brussels Prize 2006

The prestigious awards "Crystal Brussels" will be distributed to the most active and successful Polish participants of FP6. The Crystal Brussels Prizes will be handed during the Framework Ball on the 16th of November 2006.

The Crystal Brussels Prize 2006 will be granted in the following six categories:

• Universities
• Polish Academy of Sciences
• Research and Development Units
• Industry
• SMEs
• Individual Award

In the first five awards (institutional awards) the nominations are based on the statistical analysis of participation in the FP6. The following criteria are taken into consideration: number of proposals submitted, number of proposals approved, type of projects, amount of EU co-financing, number of projects co-coordinated.

Individual award nominees are selected from the candidatures submitted according to the Rules of Procedure. The following criteria are considered: active projects participation and co-ordination, participation in Programme Committees and expert groups, contribution to promoting Research Programmes and own initiatives.

The award winners are selected by the "Crystal Brussels Prize" Chapter (appointed by the Minister of Science and Higher Education) from among the nominated institutions and persons.


NOMINATIONS 2006


CATEGORY OF THE BEST UNIVERSITY

University of Mining and Metallurgy

Warsaw University of Technology

Wrocław University of Technology

Jagiellonian University - WINNER

Warsaw University


CATEGORY OF THE BEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry

iInstitute of Nuclear Physics - WINNER

Institute of Oceanology

Institute of Fundamental Technological Research

International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology


CATEGORY OF THE BEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Institute for Building, Mechanization and Electrification of Agriculture

Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas

Institute of Power Engineering

Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine - WINNER

Institute of Electron Technology


CATEGORY OF THE BEST BIG ENTERPRISE

ComArch S.A. - WINNER

Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa Sp. z o.o.

PZL - Świdnik S.A.

Rodan Systems S.A.

Telekomunikacja Polska S.A.


CATEGORY OF THE BEST SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE ENTERPRISE

ASM Centrum Badan i Analiz Rynku Sp. z o.o.

BioinfoBank Institute

Innowacja Polska Sp. z o.o.

Instytut Technik Telekomunikacyjnych i Informatycznych Sp. z o.o. - WINNER

Przedsiębiorstwo badawczo-produkcyjne Optel Sp. z o.o.


INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY

Aldona Dembińska-Kieć - Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum

Tomasz Golec - Institute of Power Engineering - WINNER

Janusz Hołyst - Warsaw University of Technology

Jan Rogut - Central Mining Institute

Konrad Rydzyński - Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine


SPECIAL CRYSTAL BRUSSELS PRIZE

Marek Darecki - president of Coordination Committee of the Polish Technology Platforms, "for the pioneering actions strengthening the cooperation between science and industry"

• The history of Crystal Brussels Prize