POUL DUE JENSEN FOUNDATION RESEARCH A learning experience for life Stockholm Junior Water Prize gathers imaginative young minds from all over the world, encouraging their continued interest in water and sustainability issues. As of 2019, the Foundation secures that young Danes also participate. Tobias Washeim, Rasmus Thoft Nygaard, Kristian Katholm Nielsen and Sebastian Lykke Dalsgaard from Egaa Gymnasium in Denmark won a ticket to the Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition when they participated in the Danish youth science competition Unge Forskere (Science EXPO) with a project on detecting microplastics in water. – We participated in the Science EXPO in April, and the Stockholm Junior Water Prize is in August. In between, we were privileged to visit researchers at DTU Environment who guided us with regards to report structuring and developing our research poster. They also let us use some of their equipment to refine our experiments, the boys explained when we caught up with them during a short break at the conference centre in Stockholm. All four participated in a tightly packed special conference programme for Stockholm Junior Water Prize contestants, while only two (Kristian Katholm Nielsen and Sebastian Lykke Dalsgaard) were allowed to present the project to the international jury. – It was a great experience to present the project to the jury – not at all like an exam. They seemed really interested in our project and asked us questions about how we had thought and developed our project, says Kristian Katholm Nielsen Nonetheless, all four had a learning experience for life, enjoying access to both interesting people and new knowledge. – It was amazing to meet and spend time with the rest of our competitors. We all work on different projects, but in the end our interests are similar, as we all want to contribute to a water safe future, concludes Rasmus Thoft Nygaard. Stockholm Water Prize & Junior Water Prize Every year at Stockholm Water Week, two prestigious prizes are awarded: the Stockholm Water Prize and the Stockholm Junior Water Prize. The Foundation has been a co-founder of the Stockholm Water Prize since 2016, and as of 2019 we are sponsoring the Danish national Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition under the umbrella of the annual Danish school competition, Unge Forskere. >> pdjf.dk/en/program/danish-participation-at-stockholm-junior-water-prize 32
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