EVOK receives Hugo-Junkers-Special-Award
The EVOK project of our chair was virtually awarded the Hugo Junkers Prize on March 29, 2021. EVOK achieved first place in the category Most Innovative Projects in the field of Applied Interactive Technologies. The competition was looking for innovative projects that use their findings and initiatives to realize new approaches, create new markets or change existing ones. EVOK was able to prevail against a total of almost 100 competitors. The Hugo Junkers Prize is Saxony-Anhalt's most highly endowed research and innovation prize, worth a total of 80,000 euros, and has been awarded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Science and Digitalization for almost 30 years. Among other things, it is intended to recognize and support the achievements and work of innovative researchers.