2024 Millennium Young Scientist Contest

Bahar Mostafiz (University of Turku), Nidia Obscura Acosta (University of Helsinki), and Aysen Degerli Ahishali (VTT) were recognized at the 2024 Millennium Young Scientist Contest during the Millennium Technology Prize Forum on October 30, 2024.

Watch the winning pitches at the bottom of this page.

The Millennium Young Scientist Contest offers emerging researchers a platform to present their work and make new connections. Participants representing Millennium Technology Prize partners have three minutes to give a pitch on how their research helps to solve a contemporary problem, promoting technological innovations for a better life. The contest is open for participants selected by our partners and stakeholders from the Millennium Technology Prize partner companies, partnering universities, and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.

Awards

The winner of the contest receives an invitation to participate in the reputed Global Young Scientists Summit, organized in Singapore in January 2025, as one of Finland’s representatives.

The three best pitches receive awards for merit as encouragement grants in recognition of novel, impactful and innovative scientific activities.

The grants are provided by the following generous supporters: