The BHJ Foundation once again favours the MCI
University teacher, research project and network cooperation received a total of DKK 820.000.
The anniversary of the BHJ Foundation was celebrated on Friday February 6, where the foundation handed out awards and donations for a total of DKK 910.000 for staff and projects at the University of Southern Denmark in S酶nderborg. Associate Professor S酶ren Wind Eskildsen of the Institute for Design and Communication was bestowed with the foundation鈥檚 honorary award as 鈥淩esearcher of the Year鈥� and received DKK 50.000.
Further, awards were given to a university teacher from each 糖果派对 institute at Campus S酶nderborg. From the Mads Clausen Institute, Associate Professor Benny Lassen from the institute鈥檚 research group for Applied Mathematics and Controls the teacher award of DKK 20.000.
Donations for energy project and Alsion cooperation
The foundation also chose to donate DKK 450.000 to a research project dealing with cooperation in business. The project 鈥滳ollaborative Business Models for Energy Efficient Solutions in the Region of S酶nderjylland鈥� handled by the Mads Clausen Institute in collaboration with the Institute for Border Region Studies. The project will investigate technologies and business models related to energy efficiency in the region. The purpose is to create regional growth by offering new business models based on cooperation between companies and energy efficient solutions which local companies can benefit from.
The Alsion cooperation IRCA (Innovation Research Cluster Alsion) received DKK 350.000. The IRCA project is working on establishing an interregional network for the development of energy efficient micro-components. The donation will cover expenses related to the MCI鈥檚 new state-of-the-art microscope, the ORION helium ion microscope.