PhD CUP 2024 Winner
Kiriaki Kouti- Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany

"Participating in the SGroup PhD Cup 2024 was an amazing experience! The competition gave me a fantastic platform to showcase my research to a diverse and esteemed audience, which really helped me refine my communication skills and gain valuable feedback. Winning the competition is a huge honor. The support and organization of the SGroup PhD Cup were exceptional, making the entire experience enriching and memorable. I am grateful for the opportunity to participate and look forward to applying
the skills and connections gained from this experience to my future endeavors."

 

*Picture of the top 4 PhD CUP finalists and the winner, Kiriaki Kouti.

*The winner Kiriaki Kouti in a conference she attended with the PhD CUP grant

 

ICON PROGRAMME 2024 
Valeria Soledad Ferreira Gregorio - Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain

"Through the ICON programme, I was able to do a research stay at the University of Dodoma (Tanzania). It is very important to be able to work on site with local researchers. In my case, we were able to discuss the country's priority policies, the available data and possible interesting analyses that we could carry out to contribute to their development. It has also allowed me to share and receive knowledge about my area of research. I am sure that the results will have an important impact and that we will continue collaborating with local researchers." 

ICON PROGRAMME 2024 
Ewa Anna Sobieszczuk- Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznan, Poland

"The ICON programme helped me support professional development and promote engagement with educational and societal needs creatively and innovatively, developing a project that will revolutionise the current scientific approach to plant breeding based on genetic engineering, no GMO mutation breeding and AI modelling. It also helped me promote new intercontinental partnerships. In addition, I supported the professional development of staff and internationalisation of the institution, which stregthened the links between institutions"

*Picture taken during Ewa's ICON Mobility to Egypt

 

PhD CUP Winner 2023
Tjeerd Fokkens - University of Gothenburg, Sweden

"Participating in the PhD cup was an awesome experience! With the excellent training sessions, I greatly improved my presentation techniques and storytelling, which, being a shy person, I never considered to be my strongpoint. It was very nice to share the story of my research with a wider audience than usual and this brought a lot of diverse and inspiring feedback. Meeting fellow PhD students and networking was also a very nice benefit of the whole experience. I can definitely recommend fellow PhD students to participate in the PhD cup."