The
Gannochy Trust Innovation Award of the Royal Society
of Edinburgh is Scotland’s highest accolade
for individual achievement in innovation. Carrying a prize of £50,000, it has
been created to encourage and reward Scotland’s
young innovators for work which benefits Scotland’s
wellbeing.
The award will be presented annually
to a young innovator whose work has the potential
to promote social and economic wellbeing. Established
in partnership between The Gannochy Trust and The
Royal Society of Edinburgh, the purpose of the new
award is to encourage younger people to pursue careers
in fields of research which promote Scotland’s
inventiveness internationally, and to recognise
outstanding individual achievement which contributes
to the common good of Scotland. The prestigious
award also seeks to promote Scotland’s research
and development capability in new technologies and
areas of social importance.
Targeted at a new generation of Scottish innovator,
any individual aged 45 or under working in Scotland
is eligible to compete for the award. Competition
entries from fields of research and development
which have demonstrable potential to benefit Scotland’s
social or economic wellbeing, have been sought.
Funded by The Gannochy Trust, the award is run
by The Royal Society of Edinburgh.
2008 Applications closed in June 2008
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