{"id":31543,"date":"2024-01-10T17:32:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T17:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/?p=31543"},"modified":"2024-01-16T14:45:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T14:45:32","slug":"student-designs-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/student-designs-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Designs New Science for Development Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new award made to a student design and using an ancient metal casting technique, will be presented to the winners of the 2024 \u2018Science for Development Award\u2019 at this week\u2019s BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.<\/p>

The winners of the Irish Aid sponsored prize will receive a \u20ac7,000 travel bursary together with a new perpetual trophy, which has been created using recycled bronze and aluminium, to the design devised by 16 year old Noemi Karska, a student at Loreto High School, Beaufort. Noemi was picked as the winner in a design competition, last year. <\/p>

The \u2018Science for Development Award\u2019 is organised annually by Self Help Africa, and is awarded by the adjudicators to a project that addresses a particular development challenge that affects people living in poorer countries of the world. <\/p>

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