Young Talent Awards - Outstanding Papers Wanted

The department Max-Eyth-Gesellschaft Agrartechnik (VDI-MEG) announced the Max-Eyth-Nachwuchsförderungspreis again for 2026. It is awarded to two authors of the best agricultural bachelor's, master's or diploma theses. The winners will receive a cash prize of €1,000 each. This is provided by the Max-Eyth-Stiftung.

University lecturers who represent the field of agricultural technology or supervise an agricultural topic of a thesis are eligible to submit the submission. To participate in the call for tenders, an expert report is required, which shows the outstanding quality of the thesis and the special importance for agricultural technology.

"The Max-Eyth-Nachwuchsförderungspreis is known both at universities and colleges as well as in industry as an outstanding honor for students who have written theses in the field of agricultural technology of the highest quality," says Professor Dr. Heinz Bernhardt, Chairman of the VDI-MEG Working Group for the Promotion of Young Talents. "For the prize winners, the Max Eyth Young Talent Promotion Award is also a popular 'entry ticket' for professional entry into science and research as well as for management functions in companies in the agricultural technology industry," Bernhardt notes. "We are looking forward to a large number of submissions again after this year's call for proposals".

The prize winners will be presented at the VDI-MEG Young Talent Promotion Conference on 8. May 2026 at the company Kotte Landtechnik GmbH & Co. KG in Rieste (Lower Saxony). For further information on the Max-Eyth-Nachwuchsförderungspreis, please contact Dr. Andreas Herrmann and Dorothea Velikonja, contact persons for the Max-Eyth-Gesellschaft Agrartechnik department.

Applications can be submitted until 16. January 2026 to the following address:

VDI e.V., Gesellschaft Technologies of Life Sciences, VDI-Platz 1, 40468 Düsseldorf
or by email to nachwuchs-meg@vdi.de.

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