CAMBRIDGE, UK: cintelliq Ltd, a provider of information services and technology consulting to the organic semiconductor industry, has opened nominations for its third annual Organic Semiconductor Industry Awards (OSIA).

The aim of the awards is to bring together the whole of the organic semiconductor and organic electronics industries (including flexible, plastic and printed electronics) in a celebration of the organisations and people who are leading the development of these emerging technologies. OSIA 2008 is sponsored by cintelliq and is run in association with OSA Direct, the world's leading newsletter on the organic semiconductor industry.

Nominations are invited in the following categories:

• Research & Development Award -- OSIA 2007 winner: Cambridge Display Technology
• Start-up of the Year -- OSIA 2007 winner: Polymer Vision
• Product of the Year ** New this year **
• Best Conference Peer-Review Paper -- OSIA 2007 winner: Min-Joo Kim, Dae-Won Kim, Young Hoon Noh, Han Saem Kang, Hochul Kang, Chang-Dong Kim, and InByeong Kang from LG Philips LCD

An independent panel of industry experts will judge entrants for the R&D, Start-up of the Year and Product of the Year awards. The peer-review committee for OSC-08 will select the winner of the Best Conference Peer-Review Paper award.

Nominations for the awards are free and are open until 31 July 2008. Applicants from previous years are welcome to reapply. Winners will be announced on 30 September 2008 at the OSC-08 Gala Dinner in Frankfurt, Germany. Entry forms can be downloaded from the OSIA Web site.