EPO - Young Inventors Awards 2025 – Vote here!

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The European Patent Office (EPO) Young Inventors Awards Ceremony will take place on June 18th, in Reykjavik, Iceland. All of the finalists, called Tomorrow Shapers, will receive a €5000 prize. Additionally, three €15,000 prizes will each be awarded to jury-selected young inventors, plus one €5000 People’s Choice prize.

The three additional €15,000 prizes are awarded for inventions addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular:

• The World Builders Prize to the young innovators who strive to promote circular economies, ensuring a better future for everyone. Their inventions typically fall within the scope of the SDGs 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 17.

• The Community Healers Prize to the young innovators who develop solutions to secure access to food, water, education, and jobs. Their inventions typically fall within the scope of the SDGs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10,16,17.

• The Nature Guardians Prize to the young innovators who strive to mitigate climate change and to protect ecosystems and the flora and fauna within. Their inventions typically fall within the scope of the SDGs 13, 14, 15, 17.

YOU are also invited to participate in the June 2025 Young Inventors Awards Ceremony, by voting for the People’s Choice winner. The rules for participating in the People’s Choice award empower you to vote for one invention every day. You have till June 18th to vote each day.  Just click HERE to select one invention today.

Then, watch what happens through a young Inventor's eyes!

References

European Patent Office (EPO)

www.epo.org

EPO About the Prize

https://www.epo.org/en/news-events/young-inventors-prize/about-prize 

EPO Young Inventor Finalists: Meet the Tomorrow Shapers.

https://www.epo.org/en/news-events/news/young-inventors-prize-2025-meet-tomorrow-shapers

UN Sustainable Development Goals

https://sdgs.un.org/goals 

Do you know the 17 SDGs goals? (YouTube video)

https://youtu.be/0XTBYMfZyrM