(MENAFN- Editorial) The 25 international awardees of this year’s Green Talents
Competition (www.greentalents.de) have travelled to Germany to attend the Science
Forum for talented junior researchers from the field of sustainability science. 2019
marks the ten-year anniversary of the programme under the motto „Smart Green Planet
– Solutions for a Sustainable Future“. The awardees’ individual research profiles can
be accessed on our website: https://www.greentalents.de/awardees-2019.php.
The Green Talents programme is held under the patronage of the Federal Minister of
Education and Research, Ms Anja Karliczek. The award has been honouring talented
researchers since 2009 and provides young scientists with a platform for sharing their
innovative green concepts to help shaping a more sustainable future. This year, a highranking jury of German experts selected 25 up-and-coming researchers from among
837 applicants and 97 countries, which marks a new high score of applications
received. Furthermore and for the first time ever, winners from Cameroon, Lebanon,
Morocco and Papua New Guinea are among the chosen awardees.
In the coming days, the Green Talents will be visiting German research institutions,
universities and organisations concerned with sustainability science and discuss their
projects with local experts. Among the research institutions included in this year’s
programme are the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence in Saarbrücken,
the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security in Bonn,
RWTH Aachen University, and the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and
Energy. Furthermore, Germanwatch e. V., a non-governmental organisation based in
Bonn will be visited, as well as the company Covestro AG, which will present itself at K
2019, a trade fair for plastics and rubber in Düsseldorf. To celebrate the 10th
anniversary, the tour ends this year with a major Networking Conference, bringing
together the awardees, further distinguished German experts from the field of
sustainability research, and selected Green Talents alumni.
By establishing contacts with the German science community and exchanging ideas
with its key innovators, the awardees will be able to lay the foundations for future
cooperation. These efforts are supported by the invitation to return to Germany in 2020
for a fully funded research stay at an institution of their choice.
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