The 22nd EU Contest for Young Scientists - Lisbon 24-29 September 2010

What's new?

15 November

• Video of press visit to Visionbox

11 October

• New background information: participation, winners and gender balance by country - 1989-2010
• Complete press pack

4 October

• Photos of the award ceremony
• Photos of the winners

29 September

• Contestant photos - "winner only" display now available

28 September

• Press release giving the winners
• More background information: Jury member biographies, project overview and project abstracts, and complete contest catalogue
• Opening ceremony - gallery of photos

27 September

• Photos of contestants and their projects (thumbnail gallery with high-resolution also available)

Background information - Previous contests

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winners

Click on any picture to see a high-definition (5 MB) version in a new page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press visit to Vision Box, 27/09/2010

Journalists visited Vision-Box, which is a worldwide pioneer and leader in biometric automatic border control systems.
Its two main research activities are:

• Electronic identity solutions based on biometric data collection and border control smart e-gates
• Digital video management intelligent solutions and security management systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contacting contestants

To contact any of the contestants, please get in touch with the national organiser for their country. Details can be found on the National Organisers page.

Medium-resolution Photographs available on flickr. High-resolution photographs in the gallery of contestants.
See Facebook for quotable quotes from the contestants.

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Background information

Facts and statistics: 1989-2010

• Participation factsheet for each country: first year to participate, number of prizes won (split by gender), year last prize won  55 KB
• Charts showing participation and prizes by country, male/female participation rates  75 KB

Participating Projects

 Complete press pack

Project overview  205 KB Project abstracts  1.1 MB

The Jury

Jury biographies  287 KB

Catalogue

Contest catalogue  3.9 MB

Other background information

• Origin, General Objectives, Scientific Community  64 KB (updated August 2005)

• The Wider Context  70 KB (updated August 2005)

• Success Stories  65 KB (updated September 2007)
• For more Success Stories see

  • Science, our Future - 15 years of the EU Contest for Young Scientists (1989-2003)

  • Success stories page

• How Projects are chosen for the EU Young Scientist Contest  62 KB (updated August 2005)

Information on the Contest can also be found on the web site of the Portuguese Host Organisers

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Press Centres of Previous Contests

• 21st EU Contest for Young Scientists: Paris, September 2009
• 20th EU Contest for Young Scientists: Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2008
• 19th EU Contest for Young Scientists: Valencia, Spain, September 2007
• 18th EU Contest for Young Scientists: Stockholm, Sweden, September 2006
• 17th EU Contest for Young Scientists: Moscow, Russia, September 2005
• 16th EU Contest for Young Scientists: Dublin Ireland, September 2004
• 15th EU Contest for Young Scientists: Budapest, Hungary, September 2003