1. Heinrich von Barkhausen was Professor for Electrical Enginee-ring at the Technical College of Dresden. He achieved groundbreaking results in communications engineering and in basic research in the field of electron tube technology. He gained international reputation for discovering the Barkhausen Noise Effect. In appreciation of his merits, the Barkhausen Award will be given for the first time in 2006. The awardee is granted a prize money of 10,000 € The award is granted for excellent scientific results, applied research and development at the borderline between physics, materials science, and electrical engineering. Research results shall open new application potentials, or shall have found utilization in products, respectively. 15/09/2006 Announcement 20/10/2006 Submission of applications and proposals Materialforschungsverbund Dresden (MFD) e. V., c/o IFW, Helmholtzstraße 20 D-01069 Dresden, attn. Mrs. Dr. Dittes 10/11/2006 Selection and notification of the awardee(s) by the Award Committee consisting of the representatives of the calling institutions: Materialforschungs- Verbund Dresden (MFD), EUCEMAN - European Center for Micro- and Nanoreliability, Fraunhofer IZFP Dresden, and the sponsors: arxes Information Design Berlin GmbH, Fries Research and Technology GmbH, HTS GmbH Coswig 08/12/2006 Award ceremony on occasion of an honorary colloquium at University of Technology, Barkhausen-Bau Applications shall contain an explanatory statement of maximum three pages an a short CV of the candidate. Evidence is requested of: 1. major scientific results with references 2. outstanding achievements in transferring results to products with documentation of the share assigned to the candidate 3. success in know-how transfer, university education, students training, and adult qualification.