Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge

The 2023 edition brings novelties!
In addition to the already existing MSc Thesis Award, which grants bright, technological ideas based on MSc thesis, a new category is now available: The Student Award. This category will award the student with the most promising idea with a scholarship and mentoring from our research team.
You no longer need to wait until you complete your thesis. From the moment you enroll in a Master course, you may apply to the Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge idea contest!

Application period, for both categories, will begin in June and will end on the 31^st of July 2023.

Stay tuned for more detailed information.

Gallery

See the highlights of the Closing Events over the years.

Previous editions

Get to know all the previous winners and the themes of their theses, as well as the jury panels since the 1^st edition, back in 2010.

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Success beyond the Challenge

We catch up with some past edition participants who have gone on to do great things since participating.

In the Press

Read what is being said in the press about us and the participants.

13^th edition

PhD winners of 2022

(The 1^st Prize was not awarded)

2^nd prize

Catarina Sousa

Institution: NOVA School of Science and Technology

Thesis: “Bioremediation of agro-industrial effluents mediated by microalgae”

2^nd prize

Inês Cunha

Institution: NOVA School of Science and Technology

Thesis: “Finding Inspiration in Nature Towards Sustainable Development”

3^rd prize

Sirazul Haque

Institution: NOVA School of Science and Technology

Thesis: “Optically thick but electrically thin solar cells: For portable and flexible electronic applications”

13^th edition

MSc winners of 2022

1^st prize

Giovanna Calvão

Institution: UTAD

Thesis: "Fluorescence-based biosensor for detection and quantification of Colletotrichum acutatum in infected olives"

2^nd prize

Bárbara Tavares

Institution: IST – Universidade de Lisboa

Thesis: “A Cluster-Based Trip Prediction Graph Neural Network for Bike Sharing Systems”

3^rd prize

Leandro Rodrigues

Institution: FCUP

Thesis: “Leveraging vegetables production with Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision”