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Awards and prizes for students

Win an award with your master thesis and/or results! 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 Master Thesis

Chemistry

Dow Chemical Prize for Sustainable Chemistry 2025

  • For whom : MA Chemistry and bioprocess technology, MA Environmental technology,, MA Cell and gene biotechnology, MA Circular bioprocess technology
  • Amount : € 500
  • Deadline : 22 August 2025
    (You need a recommendation by your promotor)
  • Discover how you can participate here
  • Awarded during 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 2025
  • Discover how you can participate here
  • Awarded during the graduation ceremony

Farming

EU-FarmBook Student Prize 2025 – €500

  • Topic: What specifically helps farmers and foresters in their daily activities?
  • Prize Amount: €500
  • Deadline: September 10, 2025
  • Announcement: The winner will be announced online, with their contribution published on the EU-FarmBook platform.
  • Who Can Participate? Students of all MA programs of the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, willing to translate their scientific results into a practice-oriented material, relevant for the EU-context.
  • How to Participate? Submit a self-explanatory infographic, slideshow, infosheet, podcast, or video (vlog) along with your original (scientific) contribution to Pieter.Spanoghe@UGent.be or Inge.Debo@UGent.be.
  • Discover how you can participate here

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

AM-Team Master thesis prize

  • Best master thesis of MA CBPT UGent, Campus Kortrijk
  • Amount : € 250
  • 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

Cargill Prize

  • Form whom: Master in Chemistry & Bioprocess Technology

  • Awarded to the best student

  • Amount: 1st prize is €600, 2nd prize is €400

  • Awarded during 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 on the basis of results, social engagement and extracurricular merits
  • 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

Other awards

ie-net awards

  • For whom: all civil-, bio- and industrial engineers
  • Amount: € 1.000, € 500, € 250, press award and public award
  • Deadline: 5 October 2025
  • Info

UGent Future PROEF Award

Flemish Dissertation Prize