{"id":14168,"date":"2021-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lino.lmt.lt\/2021\/09\/02\/apply-for-nuclear-innovation-prize\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T13:48:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:48:19","slug":"apply-for-nuclear-innovation-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lino.lmt.lt\/en\/apply-for-nuclear-innovation-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply for Nuclear Innovation Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"section__group \">\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field--wysiwyg field--body\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<p>The Nuclear Innovation Prize&nbsp;highlights and rewards excellence in nuclear innovation. There are 2&nbsp;specific categories for this prize:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nuclear Innovation Prize in safety of reactor systems<\/li>\n<li>Nuclear Innovation Prize in radioactive waste management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first contest will be organised at the next Euratom Research and Training Conferences&nbsp;in Safety of Reactor Systems (FISA 2022) and Radioactive Waste Management (EURADWASTE&rsquo;22).<\/p>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>Euratom funded research in fission, waste management and radiation protection benefits from consistent success in pursuing excellence across a broad range of nuclear science and technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Together with EU countries the programme&nbsp;has continuously helped maintain a high&#8209;level of competences, underpinned by sound and advanced research.<\/p>\n<p>Nuclear researchers and engineers are constantly challenging state-of-the-art in the field and improving evolving technologies thereby creating conditions for innovations beyond technologies and scientific breakthroughs, towards a more dynamic and competitive European industry for the benefit of every citizen and the whole of&nbsp;society.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"why-is-there-a-prize\" class=\"\">Why is there a prize?<\/h2>\n<p>The contest aims to identify potential disruptive innovations across product developments and their supply chain, from research to market where researchers and engineers play a critical role.<\/p>\n<p>The prize also highlights and rewards the excellence in nuclear innovation that can be found in this field of research as well as the quality of the talented researchers and industries involved.<\/p>\n<h3>Award criteria<\/h3>\n<p>There are 2 specific categories for this prize. Participants are free to submit an application concerning any technological innovation in the areas of application of fission, radioactive waste and radiation protection science and technology that have been developed within fields covered in Annex I of the Euratom Research and Training Programme 2021-2025.<\/p>\n<p>These applications should have a market potential or should have been taken up (or recognised) by industry or safety or radiation protection regulators to be further developed for the market or for use by regulators.<\/p>\n<p>Entries will be assessed on<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>originality and replicability<\/li>\n<li>technical excellence<\/li>\n<li>economic impact, exploitation of the innovation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How proposals are judged<\/h3>\n<p>Proposals are studied by an independent jury composed of independent experts in technology transfer, from business&nbsp;and academia.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"prize-values\" class=\"\">Prize values<\/h2>\n<h3>Nuclear Innovation Prize in safety of reactor systems<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1st place:&nbsp;&euro;50,000<\/li>\n<li>2nd place: &euro;30,000<\/li>\n<li>3rd place: &euro;20,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Nuclear Innovation Prize in radioactive waste management<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1st place: &euro;50,000<\/li>\n<li>2nd place: &euro;30,000<\/li>\n<li>3rd place: &euro;20,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"who-can-apply\" class=\"\">Who can apply<\/h2>\n<p>Researchers, research teams and innovators working for public and private organisations or companies can apply.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-to-apply\" class=\"\">How to apply<\/h2>\n<p>You must submit your proposal&nbsp;via&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/funding-tenders\/opportunities\/portal\/screen\/opportunities\/topic-details\/euratom-2021-nuclear-prize;callCode=null;freeTextSearchKeyword=prize;matchWholeText=true;typeCodes=0,1,2;statusCodes=31094501,31094502,31094503;programmePeriod=null;programCcm2Id=null;programDivisionCode=null;focusAreaCode=null;destination=null;mission=null;geographicalZonesCode=null;programmeDivisionProspect=null;startDateLte=null;startDateGte=null;crossCuttingPriorityCode=null;cpvCode=null;performanceOfDelivery=null;sortQuery=sortStatus;orderBy=asc;onlyTenders=false;topicListKey=topicSearchTablePageState\">EU Funding and Tender opportunities portal.&nbsp;<\/a>Please read carefully the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/funding-tenders\/opportunities\/docs\/2021-2027\/euratom\/wp-call\/2021-2022\/roc_euratom-2021-nuclear-prize_en.pdf\">Rules of Contest<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/funding-tenders\/opportunities\/docs\/2021-2027\/euratom\/temp-form\/af\/af_euratom-2021-nuclear-prize_en.pdf\">Mock Application Form<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"contact\" class=\"\">Contact<\/h2>\n<p>For more information email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:RTD-FISSION@ec.europa.eu\">RTD-FISSION@ec.europa.eu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section__group \">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-core-timelines field--field-core-timelines\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-core-introduction field--wysiwyg field--field-core-introduction\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<h2>Timeline<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"timeline timeline-processed\" data-expander-disable=\"0\" data-show=\"4\">\n<ul class=\"timeline__list\">\n<li class=\"timeline__list__item\">\n<div class=\"timeline__list__item__title\">28 July 2021 Opening of the contest<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"timeline__list__item\">\n<div class=\"timeline__list__item__title\">20 October 2021 Deadline for submission of application, 17:00 CET (Brussels)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"timeline__list__item\">\n<div class=\"timeline__list__item__title\">2nd Quarter 2022 The Nuclear Innovation Prize will be awarded at the next Euratom Research and Training Conference in Safety of Reactor Systems (FISA 2022) and Radioactive Waste Management (EURADWASTE&rsquo;22)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nuclear Innovation Prize&nbsp;highlights and rewards excellence in nuclear innovation. There are 2&nbsp;specific categories for this prize: Nuclear Innovation Prize in safety of reactor systems Nuclear Innovation Prize in radioactive waste management The first contest will be organised at the next Euratom Research and Training Conferences&nbsp;in Safety of Reactor Systems (FISA 2022) and Radioactive Waste [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Apply for Nuclear Innovation Prize | LINO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lino.lmt.lt\/en\/apply-for-nuclear-innovation-prize\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Apply for Nuclear Innovation Prize | LINO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nuclear Innovation Prize&nbsp;highlights and rewards excellence in nuclear innovation. 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