Fast Forward Award
The Innovation Prize Fast Forward Award is the official business award of the Austrian state of Styria and has been awarded by the Styrian Economic Development Agency (SFG ) since 1995 .
The Fast Forward Award honors Styrian innovation companies and is awarded in five categories as well as a special Public Forward Award . Four of the five categories result from the size of the company based on the number of employees and the balance sheet total . The fifth category is reserved for institutions and research institutions. Every project submitted in these five categories also takes part in the special Public Forward Award . There is only one winner, who is determined in a three-stage process, with the final decision being made by the audience of the Fast Forward Award finals . There are 3 finalists in each category, i.e. 18 finalists and 6 award winners.
The winners of the individual categories each receive a trophy and a project cost grant of 8,888 euros.
history
In 1995 and 1997 the prize was awarded as the “Styrian Innovation Prize” in three categories.
Since 1999, the prize has been awarded in the four categories “micro-enterprise”, “small enterprise”, “medium-sized enterprise” and “large enterprise”; the prize money was 10,000 euros. In 1999 there were 139 participants, in 2001 552 companies took part, in 2003 103 participants applied.
In 2009, "Institutions of Applied R&D" were added as a category and the Public Forward Award , the prize money per prize decreased.
Previous winners include Infineon Technologies Microelectronic (1999), Styrian Chamber of Commerce (2001), Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik (2002), Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG (2005) and Siemens Transportation Systems (2008), Binder + Co AG (2009), ACC Austria GmbH (2010), AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AG (2011), IM Polymer GmbH (2012), Microinnova Engineering GmbH (2016), EPCOS OHG (2017, 2018).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fast Forward Award 2013 - The Styrian Business Prize, Styrian Business Promotion Agency SFG, 2013 on YouTube.
- ↑ a b Fast Forward Award winners from previous years , SFG, accessed October 11, 2014
- ↑ Fast Forward Award for the most innovative companies in the country ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , SFG, 2003, accessed October 12, 2014.
- ↑ Prize Winner 2016 - Styrian Economic Development SFG. Retrieved April 25, 2019 .
