2022 KARL W. BÖER
SOLAR ENERGY MEDALS
Honoring advancements in renewable energy
The Karl W. Böer Solar Energy Medals are awarded every two years for pioneering advancements in renewable energy. These distinguished awards include a bronze medal and monetary prizes. Nominations are due January 15, 2022.
In 2022, two medals will be awarded for the first time—the traditional Karl Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit, carrying a $100,000 prize, honoring a world-renowned individual who has made pioneering advancements in renewable energy as an alternative source of energy, and the newly endowed Karl W. Böer Renewable Energy Mid-Career Award, carrying a $25,000 prize.
The medals are named in honor of Dr. Karl Wolfgang Böer, a trailblazing scientist in the field of renewable energy who founded the Institute of Energy Conversion (IEC) at the University of Delaware. Since its founding in 1972, IEC has been a leader in photovoltaic research. It is the oldest solar cell institution in the world and a U.S. Department of Energy-designated University Center of Excellence for Photovoltaic Research and Education.
Dr. Böer, who passed away on April 18, 2018, at the age of 92, was a visionary scientist whose work led to significant progress in the field of renewable energy. The medals he so generously endowed through the Karl W. Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit Award Trust, established at the University of Delaware in 1991, have become the most prestigious awards for the global solar energy community and now honor leadership in all forms of renewable energy. The first Böer Medal was awarded in 1993 to former President Jimmy Carter.
The Böer Medals will continue to honor those who have, through their vision and inventiveness, made enduring progress toward the evolution of a more sustainable future for our planet.
The Karl W. Böer Solar Energy Medal Awards are named in honor of Dr. Karl Wolfgang Böer, a pioneering scientist in the field of renewable energy who founded the UD Institute of Energy Conversion (IEC). Since its founding in 1972, IEC has been a leader in photovoltaic research and is the oldest solar cell institution in the world. It is a U.S. Department of Energy-designated University Center of Excellence for Photovoltaic Research and Education. Dr. Böer, who passed away on April 18, 2018 at the age of 92, was a visionary scientist whose pioneering work led to significant progress in the field of renewable energy.
Funding for the Awards comes from the Karl W. Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit Award Trust which was set up at the University of Delaware in 1991. The Böer Medal has been awarded every two years with the first Medal awarded in 1993 to former President Jimmy Carter and the last Medal given out in 2018. The Boer Medal has become the most prestigious award for the global solar energy community and is now expanded to honor leadership in all forms of renewable energy.
In 2022, there will be two Medals awarded – the traditional Karl Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit to honor individuals who have made significant, pioneering advancements to renewable energy as an alternative source of energy and the newly endowed Karl W. Böer Renewable Energy Mid-Career Award that will be awarded for the first time in 2022. These Medals will continue to honor those who have, through their vision and inventiveness, made enduring progress toward the evolution of a more sustainable future for our planet.
PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS
1997
Adolf Goetzberger
1999
Stanford R. Ovshinsky
2001
Allen M. Barnett
2003
Martin A. Green
2005
Yoshihiro Hamakawa
2007
Lawrence Kazmerski
2009
Hermann Scheer
2011
Richard M. Swanson
2013
Zhores I. Alferov and Viacheslav M. Andreev
2015
Antonio Luque
2016
D. Yogi Goswami
2018
Alex Zunger
2020
No award made
NOMINATION APPLICATION
- The Awards
- Guidelines
- Panel of Judges
- Award Ceremony
The Awards
The 2022 Nomination
Karl W. Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit
Cash award: $100,000
Purpose: The medal will be awarded to a world-renowned individual who has made significant pioneering contributions in solar energy, wind energy, or other forms of renewable energy as an alternate source of energy through research, development, or economic enterprise, or to an individual who has made extraordinary valuable and enduring contributions to the fields of solar energy, wind energy, or other forms of renewable energy in other ways.
Karl W. Böer Renewable Energy Mid-Career Award
Cash award: $25,000
Eligibility: Currently active and within 20 years of earning their highest academic degree
Purpose: The Mid-Career Award will be presented to an individual who is making significant contributions with promise for enduring impact in solar energy, wind energy, or other forms of renewable energy through research, development, or economic enterprise, or to an individual making extraordinary valuable and enduring contributions to the fields of solar energy, wind energy, or other forms of renewable energy in other ways.
Applications are no longer being accepted for 2022 nominations.
Guidelines
Panel of Judges
Award Ceremony
Questions/information about these events, contact Dr. Neeloo Bhatti.
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