Innovation Award

AVK Innovation Award 2026

THE NEXT APPLICATION ROUND WILL START IN JANUARY 2026.

The AVK awards prizes for the best innovations in the field of fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP) / composites

The categories:

➡️ Innovative products/applications

➡️ Innovative procedures/processes

➡️ Research and science

One aim of the Innovation Award is to promote new products/components and applications made of fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP) and to promote new methods and processes for manufacturing these FRP products. Another prize is awarded to universities, colleges and institutes for outstanding scientific work in research and science. In all categories, special emphasis is placed on the topic of “sustainability”.

A further aim is to honor the innovations and the companies/institutions behind them and thus present the performance of the entire composites industry to the public. The entries will be judged by a high-caliber jury of experts from the composites sector.

The award ceremony will take place on October 21, 2025 during the JEC Forum DACH in Dresden (October 21-22, 2025).

APPLICATION

DOCUMENTS

⬇️ Products/Applications (DE) | Products/Applications (EN)

⬇️ Processes/Procedures (DE) | Processes/Procedures (EN)

⬇️ Research/Science (DE) | Research/Science (EN)

Send the application documents by e-mail to: innovation@avk-tv.de

Please note: Please only submit innovations that have not yet won an award!

DATES

Closing date:

Presentation at the AVK office:

Award ceremony JEC Forum DACH in Dresden:

APPLICATION CRITERIA

Prize for innovative products and applications

Degree of realization of the product innovation
Innovation level
Market opportunities
Sustainability

Prize for innovative processes and procedures

Degree of realization of the process innovation
Innovation level
Improving effectiveness and efficiency
Sustainability

Prize for research/science (awarded to colleges, universities and institutes)

Outstanding scientific work
Innovation level
Feasibility
Sustainability

FURTHER INFORMATION

Winner of the Innovation Award
AVK e. V., Am Hauptbahnhof 12, D-60329 Frankfurt/Main

Jury
A panel of experts appointed by the AVK Board of Directors

Conditions of participation
The jury’s decision is final. Legal recourse is excluded.

THE INNOVATION AWARD JURY