The Award entered a new phase in late 2008. Thanks to a generous donation from the Swedish entrepreneur and industrialist Rune Andersson and his holding company Mellby Gård AB more resources became available, which has made it possible to roughly double the Prize sum to 100,000 euros, and to make the system for nomination, evaluation, and selection of future Award Winners more structured and transparent. The first Award under this new regime will be granted in January 2009.
For more information about the Swedish entrepreneur and industrialist Rune Andersson and his holding company Mellby Gård AB, see http://www.mellby-gaard.se/index_disabled_en.html.