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Ten Groningen science and engineering students win national Young Talent Incentive Award

26 November 2024

On Monday November 25, ten students of the Faculty of Science and Engineering (UG) were presented with a Young Talent Incentive Award by the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities ( KHMW ) in the Hodshon house in Haarlem. They are the best first-year students of the Netherlands in their field, with the highest average score of their year.

The Young Talent Awards are are made available by businesses, foundations, and funds in the respective fields for the advancement of higher scientific education in the fields of science and engineering. The KHMW hosts the judging and awards ceremony each year. 

These ten Groningen students received the Young Talent Incentive Award of 500 euros for their achievements in the first year of study:

Bachelorstudent
Award
Calin Săgărceanu
Incentive Award Chemistry
Eduard Mrug
Incentive Award Physics and Technical Physics
Avigail Manor Schuss
Incentive Award  Astronomy
Youri Wilbrink
Incentive Award Chemical Engineering
Fabian Doboş
Incentive Award Biology
Leire Vazquez Quiroga
Incentive Award Biomedical Technology
Beāte Bensone
Incentive Award Pharmacy or (Bio)pharmaceutical Sciences
Mihnea Pasere
Incentive Award Informatics and Technical Informatics
Miguel Martín Rodríguez
Incentive Award Mathematics and Technical Mathematics
Matei Tanasa
Incentive Award Artificial Intelligence

Besides the incentive awards, there were also graduation awards for students with an exceptional master's thesis or research paper. In total, 96 awards were presented in three sessions.

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