Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge

12^th Edition

Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2021

Contest Presentation

Get to know all about the contest by downloading the presentation of the Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2021.

The Challenge

Consult the information you need before applying to the Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2021.

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Submit your idea

The application period ended on July 31^st 2021.

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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.

12^th edition

PhD winners of 2021

1^st prize

Emanuel Carlos

Institution: FCT NOVA

Thesis: “Printed Metal Oxides: A New Era for Sustainable Electronics”

2^nd prize

Luís Pádua

Institution: UTAD

Thesis: “Automated Monitoring system for a sustainable agriculture”

3^rd prize

Mario Salgado

Institution: UA

Thesis: “Development and implementation of devices for the conversion of agroresidues into energy and biochar in farmers cooperatives of the north Ecuadorian Amazon”

12^th edition

MSc winners of 2021

1^st prize

Pedro Rolo

Institution: UA

Thesis: “Instrumented and adaptive electromagnetic generators: a new concept of harvesting”

2^nd prize

Maria Morais

Institution: FCT NOVA

Thesis: “Wearable non-enzymatic glucose sensor”

3^rd prize

Helena Montenegro

Institution: FEUP

Thesis: “Privacy-Preserving visual case-based explanations”