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Millennium Technology Prize 2024 received nominations from 28 countries
Nearly 70 innovations were nominated for the 2024 Millennium Technology Prize. The number of nominations was 17 % higher than the average of all previous nomination rounds. The proportion of nominated female candidates is the second highest in history. The share of nominations submitted from Africa increased from 5 % to 20 %.Read more ›
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How does a scientific innovation become a world-changing success story? Innovator, scientist and Millennium Technology Prize winner Frances Arnold shares her insights
When someone has won the Nobel Prize and the Millennium Technology Prize (among others), holds more than 60 U.S. patents and has co-founded several companies, it would be easy to assume they’ve been a prolific genius since birth. However, Frances Arnold says that early on, she was just as confused about her career path as the next person.Read more ›
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Why we need more than technological innovations to tackle climate change – energy policy professor and Millennium Technology Prize winner discuss how we should approach the matter
There is no denying that our technology-dependent lifestyles have exacerbated the global climate crisis. What role do energy innovations play in solving this complex challenge? Read more ›
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Changes in the funding of the Millennium Technology Prize
The 2024 Millennium Technology Prize will be awarded as planned, on 30 October 2024, despite the Finnish Government’s recent decision to discontinue the funding of the Prize money. Technology Academy Finland, the independent private foundation awarding the prize, confirms the availability of funds for the 2024 Prize round.Read more ›
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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…Read more ›
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Why Nominate Someone for the Millennium Technology Prize? The Award Can Impact the Individual, the Industry and Society at Large
After winning the prize in 2018, Tuomo Suntola has been actively sharing the story of atomic layer deposition (ALD) on different stages. He firmly believes that prizes such as this serve as a crucial conduit for the general audience to gain insights into the innovation process.Read more ›
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Blog: What is the Common Factor Between Prizes for Science and Technology?
Global technology and science prizes are crucial advocates of research-based knowledge. Millennium Technology Prize winners joined Nobel Laureates, Fields Medalists, and a Turing award winner in the Global Young Scientist…Read more ›
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Speech by Professor Päivi Törmä, Chair of the International Selection Committee of the Millennium Technology Prize
Mr President, your excellencies, honoured guests, Professor Green, my warmest congratulations. The Millennium Technology prize is awarded to innovations that improve people’s quality of life, or support sustainable development. The…Read more ›
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Minna Palmroth Presents the Winner of the 2022 Millennium Technology Prize in Award Ceremony
Mr President, your excellencies – dear friends: Serendipity. This is a word, which means finding valuable things without planning to do so. It’s based on the story of three princes…Read more ›
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First Frontier Innovation Leaders: Video Series
Millennium Technology Prize partner companies are innovation leaders at the forefront of R&D development. Welcome to the First Frontiers! ABB ABB Green Electrification 2035 is about making a carbon-neutral society…Read more ›
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