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The European Commission announced the winners of the 37th edition of the EU Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) on 27 September 2026 in Kiel (Germany). Over one week, around 140 young scientists from almost 40 countries had presented their scientific projects on biology, physics, computing, medicine and more, to an international jury of experts, the public and their peers. The first prize (€ 7,000 each) went to projects from Italy, Poland, Georgia and Canada. The second and third prizes ((€ 5,000 and € 3,500 each, respectively) went to projects from Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine and the Special Jury Prize (€2,500) went to Ireland.
EUCYS was established already in 1989, financially supported from the EU R&I Framework Programmes and open to 14- to 20-year-olds who have won first prize at their national science competition. Since 2026, EUCYS is part of the wider Science Comes to Town initiative, Horizon Europe-funded action under the WIDERA Work Programme, supporting objectives of the ERA Policy Agenda by bringing science closer to citizens.
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