Innovation
Jul
2018
Written by Groupe Roullier / published in Innovation
After a 9-month contest, the winners of the 2018 Roullier Innovation Awards have been revealed. The two winning scientific projects received their awards on 28th June, at a prize-giving ceremony organised at Centre Mondial de l’Innovation Roullier.
In October 2017, the Groupe Roullier began accepting submissions for the Innovation Awards, an international Plant Nutrition competition that rewards the two best research projects relating to the Groupe Roullier’s fields of expertise.
No less than 60 projects were entered for the awards, submitted by universities and research institutes from all over the world. Some 30 nationalities were represented, with scientific submissions coming notably from Brazil, the USA, France, Italy, Ireland, Morocco, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, and many more.
Selecting the winners was a difficult task, as all the projects dealt with the primary aspects of the Groupe Roullier’s work, such as:
The Group’s internal scientific committee made an initial selection of 10 finalists. From this list, the jury named the following two winners:
Not only will these two research laboratories receive a prize of €60,000 each, but they will also sign a partnership contract with the CMI for a period of one year, during which they will have the opportunity to use some of its unique equipment to carry out their research projects.
What’s more, the relevance of projects put forward will lead the Group to develop new partnerships with many of the universities that applied. This will enable CMI Roullier to enrich its expertise in Plant Nutrition in order to develop new and exclusive solutions, but also to advance research in a wider sense and make the CMI a real accelerator of Innovation.
To revisit the various stages of the contest, you can visit our website www.innovation-awards-roullier.com and follow us on social media (Twitter/ LinkedIn).