The Löhn Award
The Löhn Award recognizes outstanding transfer projects in fields using competitive technology along with knowledge transfer between science and business. The jury pays special attention to transfer projects achieving above-average results in carrying out and completing the transfer process.
In particular, success is measured by the quality of the actual transfer process, the success of the transfer, and discernible transfer potential. The hallmark of successful transfer is quality, expediency, economic viability and a good working relationship between the transfer partners. Transfer potential and transfer success are reflected in the usefulness of the project to each party involved – tantamount to commercial success for both the “know-how provider” (the Steinbeis company) and the “know-how recipient” (the customer).
The Steinbeis Foundation first announced the introduction of the Löhn Award in 2004, in honor of the unique achievements of Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Johann Löhn. In 1983 it was Löhn that started turning Steinbeis into the global technology transfer company it is today, setting up the private Steinbeis University Berlin in 1998, which embodies the very principles of transfer: knowledge and action.
