The expert juries selected from 496 applications, 20 winners shared one million crowns. Women accounted for 29% of the total number of entries and 25% of the awardees. The first place in the number of awards went to Czech Technical University in Prague (6 awardees), followed by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (5 awardees) and Brno University of Technology (3 awardees), Palacký University in Olomouc and Masaryk University (2 awardees each), Charles University and the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (1 awardee each). Since the beginning of the competition, CZK 16.4 million has been distributed among the winners.
"We have awarded quite extraordinary works and personalities in the twenty-sixth edition of the competition" said Eduard Palíšek, CEO of Siemens Czech Republic. "It's not just about outstanding workmanship, but above all about the themes of the winning entries, which focus on pressing problems for humanity: how to deal with multi-drug resistant bacteria, how to better understand the circadian rhythms that affect everyone's life and mental health, or how to use drone groups to deal with crisis situations." Palíšek explained. "Yet another edition clearly showed that students, as well as the teachers of our universities, are achieving results comparable to the world's best," he added.
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(The title picture shows The Awardees posing together with Eduard Palíšek, CEO of Siemens Czech Republic)