Young Scientists contest - The Prizes

The contestants compete on the basis of their work and interviews with the Jury for nine Core Prizes.

In addition to this, a limited number of Honorary Awards and Special Donated Prizes are also awarded to the contestants where, in the judgement of the jury, they would benefit from the specific experiences that these prizes offer. The core prizes are:

Honorary Awards
Include all-expenses-paid trips to: the London International Youth Science Forum and the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar.

Special Donated Prizes
Include a five-day visit of a technical and cultural nature to for instance, the European Patent Office in Munich and the following members of EIROforum: CERN: The European Laboratory for Particle Physics, EFDA: The European Fusion Development Agreement, EMBL: The European Molecular Biology Laboratory, ESRF: The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, ESA: The European Space Agency, ESO: The European Southern Observatory and the ILL: The Institut Laue-Langevin.

- Description of the Honorary Awards and Special Donated Prizes (PDF 152 KB)
- Prize-winners 1989-2005 (PDF 91 KB)

- The European Patent Office in Munich, Germany.
- EIROForum
- The Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar
- The London International Youth Science Forum