EUROPEAN YOUNG INVENTORS AWARD

As a reminder, a new prize was created by the EPO in 2022, the Young Inventor’s Prize (any field of technology), designed to reward inventors aged 30 or under at the time of the award. According to the EPO, “the winner receives the sum of EUR 20,000.  The second and third place finalists receive EUR 10,000 and EUR 5,000 respectively”.

 

First place this year goes to Richard Turere, a 22-year-old Maasai inventor from Kenya, for “an affordable lighting system to protect livestock from predators”.

Source EPO : https://new.epo.org/en/news-events/european-inventor-award/meet-the-finalists/richard-turere

Second place goes to Filipa de Sousa Rocha, 27 (Portugal) for “accessible computer programming for visually impaired children”.

Source EPO : https://new.epo.org/en/news-events/european-inventor-award/meet-the-finalists/filipa-de-sousa-rocha

Third place goes to Fionn Ferreira, 22 (Ireland), who has developed a “method for eliminating microplastics from water sources”.

Source EPO : https://new.epo.org/en/news-events/european-inventor-award/meet-the-finalists/fionn-ferreira

 

Applications for the 2024 edition of the “Young Inventors’ Prize” can be submitted until  October 1, 2023 on the EPO website by following the link:

https://new.epo.org/en/news-events/european-inventor-award/nominations