Candidates for the €100,000 main category of the Schweighofer Prize, the European Innovation Award for Forestry, Wood Technology and Wood Products, have to be nominated by a third party by January 31, 2007.
Four innovation prizes of €50,000 each will be awarded to projects in the conception/implementation stages which show potential for European and/or industrial scale.
The main prize rewards individuals or groups of people whose innovations have set a milestone for the European forest based industry.
Applications and nominations can be submitted in four categories – forestry, wood technology, wood products and co-operation and education.
The awards ceremony will take place at Vienna Town Hall on June 18, 2007.
For further information visit www.schweighofer-prize.org
