Awards and prizes for students

Win an award with your master thesis! Check for which prizes you can apply.

 

Apply as an FBW student for the following master thesis awards

Data Analysis & Mathematical Modelling

BioLizard award

  • For whom : FBW students
  • Amount : € 1.000
  • Deadline : 31 August 2024
  • Info
  • Awarded on the graduation ceremony

Chemistry

Dow Chemical Prize for Sustainable Chemistry 2024

  • For whom : MA Chemistry and bioprocess technology, MA Environmental technology,, MA Cell and gene biotechnology, MA Circular bioprocess technology
  • Amount : € 800
  • Deadline : 15 August 2024
    (You need a recommendation by your promotor)
  • Info
  • Awarded on the graduation ceremony

Agriculture and Forestry

EU-FarmBook student prize

  • Subject : what exactly helps the farmer or forester advance in his daily activity
  • Amount : €500
  • Info
  • Deadline : 10 September 2024
  • Awarded on the graduation ceremony

Nutrition

Vandemoortele Plant-based Foods Award

  • For whom : MA in Bioscience Engineering, Biosciences, (bio)Industrial Sciences, Food Technology or equivalent
  • Subject : healthy food
  • Amount : € 1.000
  • Deadline : 31 August 2024
  • Info
  • Awarded on the graduation ceremony

 

 

Other awards in which an FBW student is selected by a jury

ABIG-prize

  • For whom: bio-engineers and industrial engineers FBW
  • Prize for outstanding commitment and academic success
  • Amount : 2 x € 750
  • Awarded on the graduation ceremony

Bayer Award

  • For whom: bio-engineers and industrial engineers FBW
  • Best master thesis on plant research
  • Amount :
  • 1ste prize: € 500 + € 500 to be spent during a PhD in plant research
  • 2de prize: € 500
  • Awarded on the graduation ceremony

Biotalys-prize

  • For whom: industrial engineer biochemistry
  • Student with best study results
  • Amount : € 500
  • Awarded on the graduation ceremony

Circular Bioprocess Technology (Master thesis prize)

  • Best master thesis of MA CBPT UGent, Campus Kortrijk
  • Amount : € 250
  • Awarded on the graduation ceremony

Student award Master Environmental Science and Technology

  • For whom : MA Environmental Sciences & Technology
  • On the basis of thesis, efforts and results
  • Amount : € 750
  • Awarded on the graduation ceremony

Fermentatio-prize

  • For whom : bio-engineers en industrial engineers FBW
  • Best master thesis on malting and brewing technology
  • Amount : 2 x € 150
  • Awarded on the graduation ceremony

Fevia Flanders prize

  • For whom : Master in life sciences : food industry
  • Best study results
  • Amount: € 250
  • Awarded on the graduation ceremony

KVCV prize (Royal Flemish Chemical Society)

  • For whom : Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biotechnology
  • Most deserving graduating student
  • Laureate receives : a certificate and a book related to chemistry in a light-hearted way, one year free membership to KVCV and one year all issues of the trade magazine C2W
  • Info
  • Awarded on the graduation ceremony

SINReM Student Award

  • For whom: International Master in Sustainable and Innovative Natural Resource Management
  • Amount : € 750
  • Awarded on the graduation ceremony

VLIR-UOS Aquaculture Alumni Award

  • For whom: Master of Science in Aquaculture
  • Amount : € 1.000
  • Awarded on the graduation ceremony

Awards for engineers

ie-net awards

  • For whom: alle civil-, bio- and industrial engineers
  • Amount: € 1.000, € 500, € 250, press award and public award
  • Deadline: 7 October 2024
  • Info

Prix ingénieurs sans frontières

  • Subject: Sustainable development: social, economic or environmental impact
  • Deadline: 10 October 2024
  • Info

 

Master’s thesis award for all students

UGent Future PROEF Award

  • = preselection Flemish FuturePROEF Award
  • Amount Flemish FuturePROEF Award : 1° : € 3.000; 2° & 3° : € 500
  • Deadline: 6 October 2024
  • Info

Flemish Dissertation Prize

  • Amount: € 2.500 + 4 x € 250
  • Deadline: 6 October 2024
  • Info