European Young Researchers Award (EYRA) 2019-2020

GET MSCA-Cofund fellow Valentina Sessini won the EYRA Award (European Young Research Awards) under the postdoc category. Moreover, together with María Viñas, she was also awarded the popular prize under the postdoc category ! The awards are organised  by EuroScience. as part of their mission to encourage the most talented young researchers to pursue a career based on research. Since 2010, it has been awarded to the most prominent representatives of two groups for the most talented young European researchers engaged in PhD projects and postdoc projects. The selection of an awardee in each group is made by the international EYRA Committee appointed by the EuroScience Board. In addition to this, EYRA organises the Popular Prize, decided by vote of the audience, which adds to the award a very strong societal dimension.

More information about the awards here.

The awards ceremony took place online on 5 September. You can watch the ceremony again here. 

Valentina’s video can be watched here.