ONS — Innovation Award 2026

Competition · Stavanger, Norway

Closed next cycle The ONS 2026 Innovation Award portal opened on 12 January 2026, closed on 30 April 2026 and the award was presented during ONS in Stavanger in August 2026. ONS is biennial and returns to Stavanger Forum in 2028; no call for that edition has been published.

Two winners are named, one in the large-company category and one among SMEs. Finalists are invited to pitch their innovation on stage at ONS in Stavanger and the awards are presented during the event, with visibility across ONS's own channels. No cash prize is published. Cheque

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Stavanger, Norway Where

The ONS Innovation Award is run by ONS, the energy conference and exhibition held in Stavanger.

It is open to energy-sector companies of any size whose innovation addresses an energy-transition challenge. Entries are judged in two categories, large companies and SMEs — the SME category having run since 2004 — by an independent jury chaired by Merete Vadla Madland, Pro-Rector for Research at the University of Stavanger.

Two winners are named, one in each category. Finalists are invited to pitch their innovation on stage at ONS and the awards are presented during the event, with visibility across the organiser's own channels. No cash prize is published and no equity is taken. The 2026 portal opened on 12 January 2026, closed on 30 April 2026 and the award was presented during ONS in August 2026; ONS is biennial and returns to Stavanger Forum in 2028, with no call yet published for that edition.

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ChequeTwo winners are named, one in the large-company category and one among SMEs. Finalists are invited to pitch their innovation on stage at ONS in Stavanger and the awards are presented during the event, with visibility across ONS's own channels. No cash prize is published.

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Market rate for the same chequeOpen to energy-sector companies of any size whose innovation addresses an energy-transition challenge. Entries are judged in two categories, large companies and SMEs, the SME category having run since 2004, by an independent jury chaired by Merete Vadla Madland, Pro-Rector for Research at the University of Stavanger.

Energy-sector companies of any size whose innovation addresses an energy-transition challenge may enter the ONS Innovation Award in Stavanger. Entries are judged in two categories, large companies and SMEs, by an independent jury chaired by Merete Vadla Madland of the University of Stavanger, and two winners are named. Finalists pitch on stage at ONS, with visibility across the organiser’s channels. No cash prize is published and no equity is taken.