This Award for university students will be presented for the first time in 2008 in five countries, namely Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, United Kingdom & Ireland. Each laureate will receive a generous award amounting to € 2,500 and an official certificate for their thesis. In addition, there will be a European Alpro Foundation Award that will be presented to one of the five laureates. The winner of the European Award will receive a further € 2,500 on top of the first award.

The first award is aimed at students who will defend their thesis in 2008.

In each country, the selected works will be judged by an official jury. The chairmen of all five juries are:

1. Prof. Nathalie Delzenne
   (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
2. Prof. Helmut Heseker
   (University of Paderborn, Germany)
3. Prof. Cesare Sirtori
   (University of Milan, Italy)
4. Prof. Sander Kersten
   (Wageningen University, the Netherlands)
5. Prof. Ian Rowland
   (University of Reading, United Kingdom)

Any university student taking his/her masters in science (nutrition and dietetics, medicine and health sciences, bioscience engineering, pharmaceutical sciences and economics) may participate in this competition. The theme should focuse on the impact of vegetable foods on our health, the environment or the economy.

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