2024 activities

Explore the activities and projects we have supported through our grants in 2024. These initiatives aim to inspire children and young people to engage with science, innovation, and creativity. By supporting these activities, we hope to spark curiosity and motivate the next generation.  

Johan Martens (BE) (European Inventor Award 2022) 

Water Lab around Europe

Secondary school students will visit the “water lab” and learn how to produce water from atmospheric air.

Place of implementation of activity:

Shape Lovenjoel, Belgium

This activity received a grant of €6 000

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Gaute Munch (DK) (European Inventor Award 2018)

DK/ES UNESCO school exchange

2 workshops during which students will co-create projects with the aim of solving specific challenges of gender inequality (using LEGOs)

Place of implementation of activity:

Madrid, Spain

This activity received a grant of €4 000

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Madiha Derouazi (CH) (European Inventor Award 2022) Activity 1

Participation in the initiative “Graînes d’Entrepreneurs”

Sharing with young people aged 12 to 18 the joy of undertaking a technical project

Place of implementation of activity:

Ecublens, Switzerland

This activity received a grant of €2 000

 

Madiha Derouazi (CH) (European Inventor Award 2022) Activity 2

Participation in the initiative “Expanding Your Horizons”

Open the young girls' minds to consider studies and careers in STEM

Place of implementation of activity:

Geneva, Switzerland

This activity received a grant of €2 000

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Karlheinz Brandenburg (DE) (European Inventor Award 2006)

Girl’s Day at university of Ilmenau

Inspiring ten secondary-school girls with an interactive and educational experience in which they will build their own synthetiser

Place of implementation of activity:

Illmenau, Germany

This activity received a grant of €2 000

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Enrico Davoli (IT) under the responsibility of Giuseppe Remuzzi (IT) (European Inventor Award 1017)

Workshop at lake Endine

Awaken the students to environmental issues by sampling and analyzing water in a lake

Place of implementation of activity:

Endine, Italy

This activity received a grant of €4 000

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Rodrigo Martins (PT) (European Inventor Award 2017)

Sponsoring the EXPO FCT

FCT|NOVA opens its doors to the national pre-university student community, welcoming over 7000 students

Place of implementation of activity:

Caparica, PT

This activity received a grant of €4 000

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Marcin Chodorowski (PL) under the responsibility of Wieslaw Nowinski (European Inventor Award 2014)

Participation to a KIM foundation project

Innovative Zero Waste system in a primary school garden with a farm of red earthworms

Place of implementation of activity:

Lomianki, Poland

This activity received a grant of €4 000

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Renata Radzikowska (PL) under the responsibility of Wieslaw Nowinski (European Inventor Award 2014)

Innovation Festival in Poland

Seminars, workshops, and a competition, for secondary school students

Place of implementation of activity:

Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland

This activity received a grant of €4 000

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Carmen Hijosa (ES) (European Inventor Award 2021)

Workshops on innovation and sustainability

Promoting innovation and sustainability in fashion and textiles

Place of implementation of activity:

UK/SPAIN

This activity received a grant of €4 000

 

 

Nuno Correia (PT) (European Inventor Award 2021)

Workshop on composite materials

Highlighting the relevance of composite materials for sustainability, inspire young talent

Place of implementation of activity:

Caparica, Portugal

This activity received a grant of €4 000

 

 

Carles Puente (ES) (European Inventor Award 2014)

Video interviews with the Fractus inventors

Inspire young generations to take the STEM career path

Place of implementation of activity:

Online

This activity received a grant of €2 000

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Testimony of Dr Carles Puente, co-inventor of a fractal-based antenna for mobile phones

Testimony of Dr Carmen Borja, female co-inventor of a fractal-based antenna for mobile phones

Testimony of Dr Jaume Anguera, co-inventor of a fractal-based antenna for mobile phones

Testimony of Dr Edouard Rozan, co-inventor of a fractal-based antenna for mobile phones

The technology behind the first fractal antenna: from an idea to an economical success

Advice for young generations from the recognized inventors of the first fractal antenna

 

 

Marco Donolato (IT) (European Inventor Award 2021)

Workshops in Italian high schools

Explain the potential of technology transfer, innovation and patenting

Place of implementation of activity:

Italy

This activity received a grant of €4 000

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Jaume Anguera (ES) (European Inventor Award 2014)

Supporting the ciènciaprop® initiative

Bring science and technology closer to society through engaging face-to-face conferences shared on YouTube

Place of implementation of activity:

Vinaros, Spain

This activity received a grant of €2 000

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Jose Avila (ES) (European Inventor Award 2017) Activity 1

Seminar on importance of STEM for girls

Half a day lecture in primary/secondary schools underlining the importance of STEM

Place of implementation of activity:

Madrid, Spain

This activity received a grant of €4 000

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Jose Avila (ES) (European Inventor Award 2017) Activity 2

Lecture in schools

Underlining the importance of STEM for girls, inspiring young generation to science and explaining the role of languages in science

Place of implementation of activity:

Novo Mesto and Ljubljana, Slovenia

This activity received a grant of €2 000

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Donald Sadoway (US) (European Inventor Award 2022)

Inspirational lecture

Awaken in students and postdocs the drive to innovate as distinct from the normal university mold

Place of implementation of activity:

TUM, Munich, Germany

This activity received a grant of €2 000

 

 

Richard Palmer (UK) (European Inventor Award 2019) activity 1

Conference on Innovation

Open talk on innovation, work from students in groups to develop early draft opportunity maps

Place of implementation of activity:

Chichester College, UK

This activity received a grant of €2 000

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Richard Palmer (UK) (European Inventor Award 2019) activity 2

Innovation marathon with three activities

Share his story as inventor, lead an open talk on innovation, develop innovation workshops for 3D design students

Place of implementation of activity:

Vardean College, Brighton, UK

This activity received a grant of €2 000

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Joshua Silver (UK) (European Inventor Award 2015)

Lecture “Story of an invention” at Churchill College

Share insight and explain how to get from a theorical idea to a product

Place of implementation of activity:

Churchill College, Cambridge, UK

This activity received a grant of €2 000

 

Nuria Espallargas (ES) (European Inventor Award 2022)

Innovation seminars at University of Trondheim

Present the tools available for commercialization of innovation

Place of implementation of activity:

University of Trondheim, Norway

This activity received a grant of €2 000

 

Jean-Luc Issler (FR) (European Inventor Award 2017)

Workshop on Space Electronics in Angers and Velizy

Conference, laboratory visit, discussion on innovation in technical clubs for students

Place of implementation of activity:

Vélizy and Angers, France

This activity received a grant of €2 000

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Elmar Mock (CH) (European Inventor Award 2017)

Workshop in the Gymnasium of Sion

Workshop on innovation for students of 14 to 18 years old

Place of implementation of activity:

Sion, Switzerland

This activity received a grant of €2 000

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Sylviane Muller (FR) (European Inventor Award 2017)

Supporting the Drug Discovery and Development Challenge of Strasbourg Institute

Supporting students in the DDD challenge, encouraging creativity and promoting therapeutic innovation

Place of implementation of activity:

Strasbourg, France

This activity received a grant of €2 000

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