Prize for Cutting-Edge Laser Innovations

Prize for Cutting-Edge Laser Innovations

September 27, 2007

Call for international Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis
- November 30, 2007 is Deadline for Submissions

    DITZINGEN, Germany, Sept. 27 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Applications and proposals are now being accepted for the
2008 international Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis for
developers and researchers who do innovative work in the
field of laser light. The prize of the private foundation
Berthold Leibinger Stiftung is granted for innovations
pertaining to the utilization or generation of laser light
in any field. The application deadline is November 30,
2007. A total of EUR 35,000 in prize money is made
available to the three prize winners. Nominees for the
prize will be invited by the foundation to make a
presentation of their work during the jury session in April
next spring.

    "The capacity for innovation is the key to the
future. The issues that arise around the world can be
solved only by continual progress in science and
technology," Professor Berthold Leibinger, the founder
of Berthold Leibinger Stiftung noted. The innovation prize
promotes research and development in laser technology and
publishes the results of this work. Since 2000, the
foundation has been awarding this grant every other year
for outstanding research and development work in applied
laser technology.

    Innovations that have garnered the prize in the past
include new sources of laser light such as the disk and
fiber lasers, laser scalpels for lung cancer surgery, and a
news microscopy procedure for cell research.

    Further information regarding the 2008 Berthold
Leibinger Innovationspreis is available at
http://www.leibinger-stiftung.de.

    Notes for Editorial office:

    For digital photos on the Berthold Leibinger
Innovationspreis, go to http://www.leibinger-stiftung.de
(Press/Pictures).


    For more information, please contact:

    Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis:
    Sven Ederer
    Project Manager
    Tel:   +49-7156 / 303-5205
    Fax:   +49-7156 / 303-208
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