EUCYS 2025 recognises outstanding scientific achievements with a range of prestigious prizes, rewarding excellence, originality, and depth of research.
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Core Prizes
Each year, the EUCYS Jury awards a total of 12 Core Prizes to the top projects, which are shared among individual contestants or team members:
- 4 First Prizes – €7,000 each
- 4 Second Prizes – €5,000 each
- 4 Third Prizes – €3,500 each
- Special Jury Award for Youth 2.500 €
These prizes are awarded directly by the European Commission and represent the highest recognition for the best scientific projects presented during the contest.
Honorary Prizes
In addition to the Core Prizes, the Jury may also award Honorary Prizes, offering winners the opportunity to represent EUCYS at prestigious international science events such as:
• London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) – up to 3 participants
• Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar (SIYSS) – up to 2 participants
These non-monetary awards provide valuable international experience and networking opportunities with scientists from around the world.
Special Donated Prizes
Every year, EUCYS also features a selection of Special Donated Prizes provided by sponsors and science institutions.
These prizes are tailored to support young scientists in continuing their scientific journey and are awarded based on the Jury’s assessment and the criteria set by the prize donors.
Local Prizes
Special Prize of the University of Latvia
The University of Latvia offers as a prize for one participant the attendance to the international Deep Tech Atelier 2025 conference in Riga and a two-day visit to the University of Latvia’s laboratories. All travel and accommodation expenses for the awardee (1 person) will be covered. Deep Tech Atelier is the largest technology conference in the Baltics, bringing together entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, and industry experts to discuss topics such as artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, space, and defense.
Special Prizes of the Latvian Council of Science
The Latvian Council of Science (LCS), within the framework of the Swiss–Latvian Cooperation Programme, will award prizes to four participants with the highest-rated scientific projects in the fields of smart materials, information and communication technologies (ICT), and smart energy. The award will be given to two participants in each of the two thematic fields of the programme.
The prize will be an online training course aimed at the further development of the young participant’s scientific project. This course will provide an opportunity to strengthen scientific knowledge, acquire new skills, and receive guidance from experts to advance the project towards practical implementation, innovation, or commercialization. It will include mentorship, interactive learning and practical tasks tailored to support the next stages of the participant’s research work.