AEG Elektrofonden - Forsknings- og Uddannelseslegat

The AEG Elektronfonden’s Elektron Award is presented once a year to “promote technical scientific developments within electrotechnology, and in this way contribute to giving Danish industry’s current and future employees a constantly richer higher education.”
The AEG Elektronfonden foundation was established by the then managing director of AEG Danmark, Preben Momsen, in 1989. For several years, the annual award ceremony took place at a festive event to mark the start of a new season at the Tivoli amusement park in Copenhagen. However, when AEG Danmark ran into financial difficulties and was divested in the 1990s, DTU assumed responsibility for the award ceremony. Since the foundation was first established, the president of DTU has always had a seat on the foundation’s board.