European Union Contest for Young Scientists

Winner of the 2017 Tallinn competition

The European Union Contest for Young Scientists is a science competition of the European Union . It reports to the European Research Commission . The competition aims to promote the exchange between young scientists. It takes place annually and is open to selected winners of national science competitions such as Jugend forscht (Germany) or Jugend Innovativ (Austria).

history

The competition was founded in 1989.

A forerunner competition was organized annually between 1968 and 1988 by the Philips company ( European Philips Contest for Young Scientists and Inventors ).

The idea of ​​this competition goes back to Kees Nijsen, who worked in the field of public relations at Philips in Eindhoven and was responsible for the competition during the Philips time.

After Philips had initially organized a competition limited to the Benelux countries in 1968 , this was extended to most Western European countries from the following year. At times, individual, selected non-European countries were also involved. The European final took place exclusively in the Evoluon in Eindhoven until 1972 and four times later . The other cities that hosted the finals were London (1973), Aachen (1974), Madrid (1976), Paris (1977, 1987), Oslo (1979, 1986), Amsterdam (1980), Brussels (1981, 1988), Copenhagen (1983 ) and Barcelona (1985).

To a native of Germany jurors were Heinz Haber , hoimar von ditfurth and Wolfgang winder .

The winners included the biologist and animal filmmaker Andreas Moser (1974), the neurobiologist Günther KH Zupanc (1977), the mathematician Jörg Bewersdorff (1979), the physician and pharmacologist Lutz Hein (1979, 1981), the mathematician and mycologist Paul Diederich ( 1979) and the historian Alberto Montaner Frutos (1981). A total of 746 young scientists have participated in 19 international finals of the competition organized by Philips, with a first prize (121 Award were awarded). Of these, 14 each came from the Federal Republic of Germany, France and Spain, 13 each from Great Britain and Switzerland, eight from Denmark, five each from Norway and Sweden and two from Finland.

Editions of the EU Contest for Young Scientists

Individual evidence

1. ^ Advertisement in: Der Spiegel, Issue 40, October 1, 1973, p. 151 ( online )
2. ^ Karl Sabbagh, Young scientists compete in Europe , in: New Scientist, June 10, 1971, pp. 639–640 ( limited preview in Google book search)
3. ↑ Tender documents for the eighth ( Memento of August 4, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), ninth ( Memento of August 4, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), tenth ( Memento of August 4, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), eleventh ( Memento of August 4, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) and twelfth ( Memento from August 4, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) German competition.
4. ↑ Interview with Kees Nijsen , Generaties, May 2016, pp. 25–27, accessed online on August 7, 2018
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Web archive of the page on the 30th anniversary of the Norwegian competition ( Konkurransens 30 første år ) ( Memento from March 6, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ ^{a b} Wolfgang Wickler: Science on Safari: Behavioral Research as Profession and Hobby , Springer, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-662-49957-3 , doi: 10.1007 / 978-3-662-49958-0 , p. 159 ( limited preview in Google Book search)
7. ^ Honorary doctorate 2006 from the Vetsuisse Faculty , homepage of the University of Zurich , accessed on August 7, 2018
8. ↑ A genius is not allowed to study: 14 researcher awards, but no admission , Die Zeit, 46/1979, November 9, 1979 ( online )
9. ^ Curriculum vitae of Lutz Hein (PDF; 11 kB) at the BIOSS Center for biological signaling studies at the University of Freiburg , accessed on December 9, 2012
10. ^ Curriculum Vitae Paul Diederich
11. ↑ Alberto Montaner: "Elegi al Cid porque me interesa la Edad Media ' , ABC , May 28, 1981, p 36

See also

• Science Fair

Web links

• Official website of the European Commission
• 13th EU Contest, Bergen ( Memento from May 25, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
• 17th EU Contest, Moscow
• 18th EU Contest, Stockholm
• 19th EU Contest, Valencia
• 21st EU Contest, Paris
• 22nd EU Contest, Lisbon ( Memento from November 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
• 23rd EU Contest, Helsinki
• 24th Contest, Bratislava
• 25th Contest, Prague
• 26th Contest, Warsaw ( Memento from October 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
• 29th Contest, Tallinn
• 30th Contest, Dublin
• 31st Contest, Sofia