That’s a Wrap!

We would like to thank our friends, our volunteers, our participants, parents, donors, sponsors, partners, philanthropists and everyone who has made this edition so special! Keep reading to fin out about the winners of the 53rd edition of the National Jonk Fuerscher Contest 2024!

Weizmann International Summer Science Institute (ISSI) - Bartłomiej Nowak with his Project “Transporter System Control Using Deep Reinforcement Learning”.

Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) - Krzesimir Hyżyk with his Project “Genetic group training algorithm based on NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies (...)”.

European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) - Ido Somekh & Leonardo Magnani with their Project “AllergyScan”, Philipp Bost with his Project “Comparison of Velocities Among Different Solar Active Regions: A Time-Based Analysis”, Petra Straga with her Project “How do oxidative stress and enzyme telomerase affect telomere shortening? (...)”.

Taïwan International Science Fair (TISF) - Moritz Rohner with his Project “Quantum Mechanical Description of the Electrostatic Force” and Maxime Buck with his Project “Project MIRAS”.

China Adolescent Science & Technology Innovation Contest (CASTIC) - Julia Bringewald with her Project “Exploring the Impact of a Cosmic Perspective on Compassion and Societal Attitudes”.

London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) - Paula Den Otter, Alexandra Senn & Greta Orzechowski with their Project “Carbon Wise: The Process of Designing an Educational Board Game”.

Conference Of Parties (COP 29) (prix de l‘action climat et du développement durable) - Frida Thorsteinsdottir with her Project “(...)The factors of seawater temperature and depth affect the (...) migration behaviour of wild sea trout in southeast Iceland?”.

International Festival of Engineering Science and Technology in Tunisia (IFEST)) - Almira Blau & Aurelia Wells with their Project “Hijacking Histamine”, Avanti Sharma with her Project “RUSURE - a software process for keeping teens safe online” and Fiona Browne & Kaiqi Song with their Project ”Assessing the effects of differently conditioned/ preserved brassica oleracea on vitamin c retention”.

I giovani e le scienze - Harald Sveen, Konstantin Lek & Can Sayinatac with their Project “What is the optimal timing for antibiotic administration to minimise resistance development (...)?”.

International Swiss Talent Forum (ISTF) - Shérine El Hafidi with her Project “The impact of Photobiomodulation on movement Rigidity in Parkinson’s Patient?”.

International Wildlife Research Week (IWRW) - Illona Dausse with her Project “Defining Borders for Bisons Within Borderlands (...)”.

PerspektivForum Karrierewege - Jugend Forscht - Mariana Bou Raad & Leïla Henriques Esperança Casinhas with their Project “Création d’un Parfum et Effet psychologique des odeurs sur l’être Humain” & Alexander Lebedev with his Project “Constructing and testing an effective mass driver”.

Science Expo - Unge Forskere Denmark - Vladimir Dobrov, Thibault Garel & Alban Leblanc with their Project “Vagues d'énergie”.

Mobisciences Portugal - National Science Exhibition - Mostra Nacional de Ciência, Portugal - Marie Vergeynst, Amandine Boisson & Aude Rodigari with their Project “Aimants et induction pour une énergie verte”, Noémie Rappenne with her Project “Franquin et l'automobile, imitateur ou précurseur” and Rodion Zaichikov with his Project “Space Lift Project. A low-Power Hall thruster from conventional materials”.

Mobisciences Morocco - Printemps des Sciences à Fès - Meknès - Christopher Gargiulo & Thomas Litt with their Project “Neptune”, Benedict Slobodan with his Project “Environmental Effects of Road Salts”, Kyna Bhandari with her Project "Testing and Comparing Antifungal Medications to Natural Remedies”, Junia D’Angelo Sequiera with her Project “La bioluminescence: la science féerique” and Slava Harizanova with her Project “Perception of colours - Associations and preferences”.

Mobisciences France - Exposciences en Occitanie - Maxim Lebedev with his Project “Creating and developing an atmospheric ion engine at home”, Séléna El Hafidi with her Project “Investigating the correlation between telomerase and the NF-kB pathway in cancerous cells”, Khoshbo Mustafa, Lexine Agyare & Nur Bel Houcine Auz with their Project “Assessing secondhand smoke effects on lentil regeneration and phytohormone intervention.” & Isabella Stenton-Williams with her Project “How did ancient temples survive earthquakes?”.

Mobisciences Belgium - Expo-Sciences Belgium - Qianqian Mo & Sama Shehata Saad Shehata with their Project “The Effects of changing different factors of germination on the Germination of New Zealand Spinach Seeds (Tetragonia tetragonioides)”, Yixuan Long &Ruchiranana Durbha with their Project “Stress-relieving plush toys and their effectiveness”, Henrik Nordling with his Project “The Public and Genetic Engineering: How to increase support for the new technology” & Emmie Dausse with her Project “Water Reuse”.

ExpoCiencias Nacional - RedMex - Mexico - Daniil Murzykaev with his Project “Index of Net Accumulated Economic Progress” and David Delli Zotti with his Project “Activation energy of hydrogen peroxide with different catalysts”.

Milset Expo-Sciences Europe (ESE) - Adam Goraj with his Project “Volcanic concrete vs commercial concrete”.

Euro Space Center Spationaut Day - Louis Anckaert with his Project “Building a Real Hovercraft” & Joshua Lau, Giorgio Di Pertro & Alessandro Ferraro Prandin with their Project “Helium-3: A study on its extraction, application, and the advantages it could bring to humanity”.

Euro Space Center Space Camp - Andrew Boyere with his Project “What happens when we Launch an Airplane using a Catapult?” & Raquel Silva Baptista with her Project “The art of using a telescope: demystifying the unreachable Universe”.

Scienteens Academy - Tanay Karnik with his Project “Converting Text-Based Information into DNA Base Sequences” & John Lindsey with his Project “JereBee”.

Digital Learning Hub - Innovation workshops & Fablab access - Arnit Dey, Lukasz Kwaśny & Hubert Przybylski with their Project “Liquid Crystal Security System”.

Science Trip - Tanishka Pandey, Sofiia Chernolutska, Rihem Khalil, Gabriela Waicman Goncalves, Nicole Tchipeva, Sanaa Bhandari, Boyana Ivanova, Clémence Bernard, Leonard Doos, Jonathan Karg-Despeux, Fabien Friederici, Sébastien Fohr, Elâ Özgüven, Kishor Senthilvel, Adriana Senn, Paul Fontaine, Alyssia Varela Fortes.