Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation

2010 Prism Award Application

Please answer the following questions about your innovation. The questions appear in three parts:
  • Part I: Company and Contact information
  • Part II: Executive Summary - briefly outline the innovation.
  • Part III: A Closer Look - detailed elaboration of the innovation.
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Nominate your product in ONE category only. You can, however, nominate multiple products. Each entry requires a separate application (and corresponding $235 US dollar application fee).

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Part I: Company and Contact information
 
Your name and FULL contact details, including e-mail address: * Required Fields
* First Name:
* Last Name:
* Company Name:
* Address:
* City:
* State/Province:
* Zip/Postal Code:
* Country:
* Your E-mail:
* Your Phone Number:
   
Marketing and PR firms must indicate the Company, and Product or Process being nominated:
   
* Company Name:
* Product/Process name:
Company Website:
Product-specific Link:
Name of secondary contact (if any):
Email of secondary contact (if any):
* Category:
(Choose only one)










   
   
Part II: Executive Summary
   
II-1 Briefly describe the innovation.
Please limit your response here to fewer than 50 words.
(Example: Displays based on light-emitting inks.)
II-2 Upload supporting documentation on your product.
File types supported for upload are: Word, Excel, PDF, TXT, GIF, JPEG, BMP and PNG. ZIP files are also supported, except in Safari 3.2. Max. file size: 8MB.

* Limited to one attachment
* II-3 Upload print quality image of your product.
File types supported for upload are: JPEG and PNG. ZIP files are also supported, except in Safari 3.2. Max. file size: 8MB.

* Limited to one attachment
II-4  What problem does this innovation address?
Please limit your response here to fewer than 50 words.
(Example: However, these screens are expensive and they drain batteries fast.)
II-5  How does the innovation solve the problem?
Please limit your response here to fewer than 50 words.
(Example: By using a new technology based on light-emitting inks, displays can be made less expensive and use less power.)
II-6  What is particularly novel or noteworthy about the innovation?
Please limit your response here to fewer than 50 words.
(Example: We are the only company to develop displays based on light-emitting inks and are the first to bring devices to the market.)
   


Part III: A Closer Look
   
We would now like you to explain the innovation at greater length.
   
III-1  Please explain the innovation.
Explain in detail.
III-2  What, exactly, is novel about the innovation?
Please explain how the innovation breaks with conventional ideas or processes in it's field. How does it go beyond marginal improvements on something that already exists?
III-3  When was the innovation introduced to market?
Eligibility: If you sold or delivered the product any time between September 2009 and August 2010, you are eligible to submit an application. 		Month: Year:
III-4  How do customers benefit from the innovation?
III-5  Have you applied for or been awarded a patent?
III-6  Are you aware of any competitors working on – or who have introduced – a similar innovation? If so, how is your innovation superior?

Applications, including all supporting documents, are due by 17 September 2010. Questions or comments, email: innovation@spie.org

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