21.04.2020 - 03.06.2020
Innovationspreis Bioökonomie
NEO2020 – Innovation Award of the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion seeks innovations in the bio-economy
With its NEO2020 Innovation Award, the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion strives to make concrete examples visible of how a knowledgeable use of biological resources and processes can provide important products, processes, services and business models for a sustainable economic and social system.
The NEO2020 has been endowed with 20,000 euros and offers an interesting platform as well as a lot of attention from businesses, science and public authorities. This year, the prize will once again be awarded nationally, and for the first time also internationally in the French Département Bas-Rhin, as this area is the new shareholder of the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion.
Participants can apply until 3rd June 2020 by submitting a short description of their project in German or English:
- online via application form,
- by e-mail to
- or by post to TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe GmbH, Emmy-Noether-Str. 11, 76131 Karlsruhe.
An expert jury will make a preliminary selection and will request more detailed project descriptions from a maximum of ten candidates. From this shortlist, it will nominate up to five to work towards achieving the award in autumn.
All persons, research institutions, businesses, and associations from Germany and the Département Bas-Rhin in France are eligible to participate. The application documents can be found at: www.trk.de/neo2020