Innovation and creativity are at the heart of IMDEA Materials and in order to encourage it amongst our researchers and technicians, Innovation Awards and Imaging Contests are celebrated every year.
Candidate/s have to show novel and original ideas in the form of a proof of concept (PoC) (TRL3 and above), demonstrating the viability of a technology at laboratory scale with potential impact in the industry or society. The PoC can be: material, device, manufacturing process, transformation process, software, etc…
The best project will receive an economical award of 15.000 Euros, which must be spent in further developing the winning proof of concept within the research group/s of IMDEA Materials.
One of the most common traditions of the IMDEA Materials Institute after New Year is the Imaging Contest, open to any employee or student of IMDEA Materials.
The competition is normally divided in three categories (Materials Characterization, Materials Simulation and Open Subject), and awards are given for the best image in each category. Later, those images are published at prominent locations in
the corresponding annual report, website and maybe even in some rooms of the building.
Below you can access more information about the previous editions of these awards and their winners.
On 28th of November took place the 2nd IMDEA Materials Innovation Award. The Director of the Institute, Prof. Ignacio Romero, gave the award to Miguel Angel Valdes on his winner
Last Friday, June 30th, the Director and Deputy Director of the Institute gave the awards to the winners of the 2016 edition of the IMDEA Materials Imaging Contest. From left
The success of the contest has been possible by all of the employees´s participation. Divided by categories, the winners are: Bartolomé Mas: 1st prize Materials Characterization Miguel Herráez: 1st Prize Materials Simulation
The awards giving event of the 3rd IMDEA Materials Scientific Imaging Contest was held last Friday 14th of March. Competition was divided in three categories (materials characterization, materials simulation and
The 1st IMDEA Materials Institute Scientific Imaging Contest took place on October 1st. Two ex-equo awards were granted to Irene De Diego, who presented a scanning electron micrograph of an
