Robotics Talents Award

24.05.2022 - Opportunity for robotics talents in graduation and schools: the Lower Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour, Transport and Digitalization is once again awarding the Robotics Talent Prize this year in the categories "Doctorate" and "Master's and Bachelor's Thesis" as well as a special prize for a school project.
Lower Saxony

A special prize will also be awarded to an outstanding school project.

The awards will be presented at TECHTIDE 2021 on September 12/13 and are endowed as follows

  • Promotion: 3.000€
  • Master thesis: 2.500€
  • Bachelor thesis: 1.500€
  • Special prize for schools: €3,000

The prize for schools particularly honors the education of children and young people in the field of robotics , which is particularly suitable for overcoming social barriers and traditional role models and is also hardly possible without the voluntary commitment of teachers and parents.

Submission deadline

Settlement period

The deadline for submitting applications is 15.08.2022 .

The documents must be sent electronically to the following e-mail address: Christina.Blume@mw.niedersachsen.de

Jury members

  • Mr. Philipp Becker, Vision Lasertechnik GmbH,
  • Prof. Tobias Ortmaier, avateramedical Digital Solutions GmbH and
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Annika Raatz from the Leibniz University of Hanover.

Please pay particular attention to the following evaluation criteria in your application. The length should not exceed two pages (including images).

Assessment criteria for doctorates, Master's and Bachelor's theses

  1. (Scientific) career of the person
  2. Topic of the work - subject and meaning
  3. Classification in the state of the art in science and technology
  4. Scientific content of the work (professional quality)
  5. Scientific novelty and originality of the work
  6. Evaluation of the work and recommendation

Reason for the nomination:

Why do you see the graduate as a robotics talent?

Evaluation criteria schools

  1. Objectives, target group and content of the project
  2. Implementation and form of the project
  3. Impact of the project
  4. Special measures to promote diversity of opportunity
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