Teams iCombine and HeatStock were chosen as the winners of the science-based idea competition Helsinki Challenge and both will receive a prize of 187 500 euros. Team iCombine is working on a decision support systemwhich will enable doctors to easily search for the best possible personalised treatment for each cancer patient. Team HeatStock has developed a new kind of composite material which will allow for the long-term storage and controlled release of heat energy.
Read moreHelsinki Challenge Journey 2017
Helsinki Challenge is the one and only science-based idea competition in Finland. In the competition teams of scientists worked on solutions that help the humankind reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2017 the competition was organized by ten Finnish universities.
Winning solution of Helsinki Challenge 2015 led the team members Katri Saarikivi and Valtteri Wikström to an even bigger research project.
Read moreHow did we get from 110 competition entries to 7 finalists? Who will choose the winner this November? This is how the Helsinki Challenge jury process works.
Read more”At Helsinki Challenge, I’ve seen a very interesting appetite for doing science in a different way,” describes Gemma Milne, science journalist and co-founder of Science Disrupt. She visited the Helsinki Challenge Experimentation Clinic in the beginning of October.
Read moreThe Global Impact Camp in Brussels was a two-day intensive co-creation with international experts and EU decision-makers. The first day of the camp included two keynotes and a panel discussion focusing on societal impact of research.
Read moreTeam POCKit received the Impact Prize acknowledgement of the MEPs at Global Impact Camp in Brussels.
Read moreWho did the finalists meet in September in Brussels? The Global Impact Camp offered Helsinki Challenge teams an opportunity to impress and co-create with high-level international experts.
Read moreIn September, the finalist teams of Helsinki Challenge took their solutions to Brussels to meet decision-makers, mentors and possible collaborators at Global Impact Camp. Read what MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen had to say just before the Camp.
Read moreHelsinki Challenge is a science-based idea competition in which teams of scientists from ten Finnish universities work on solutions that help the humankind reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Here's a quick summary of what has happened in the competition so far.
Read moreSeven teams have been selected for the final stage of the science competition intended to develop new solutions for the challenges of our changing world. The teams’ ideas would boost cancer treatment, revolutionise the use of heat energy and protect the mental health of new parents.
Read moreMaking school more meaningful: learning global competencies with new pedagogical tools. Team Dlearn.Helsinki says that the competition has really pushed them to step outside their own box.
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