On February 18, the final stage of the International Pre-University Award – FUNIBER Research was organized with the oral defense of the finalist projects. The meeting was held virtually with the attendance of all the students of the finalist projects, accompanied by their professors, as well as the jury and advisors of the universities that are part of the organization of the Award.
Each project had 10 minutes for the defense, and then the members of the jury made general comments on their presentations. In the order of presentation, they defended their projects:
- Defense 1: «Recuperação do Cerrado: Implantação de uma Estufa de Mudas Nativas como Estratégia de Preservação e Educação Ambiental» (Recovering the Cerrado: Implementation of a Native Seedling Greenhouse as an Environmental Preservation and Education Strategy) – CEPI Oemis Virginio Machado, Brazil.
- Defense 2: «Fitorremediación y filtración de aguas contaminadas del río Machángara, Quito – Ecuador» (Phytoremediation and filtration of contaminated water from the Machángara River, Quito – Ecuador) by students of Colegio ISM North, Ecuador.
- Defense 3: «Establecimiento de meliponarios de abejas nativas sin aguijón (ansa) con grado sexto en el Colegio Gimnasio Campestre de la ciudad de Ibagué» (Establishment of meliponaries of stingless native bees (ansa) with sixth grade at Colegio Gimnasio Campestre in the city of Ibagué) – Colegio Gimnasio Campestre, Colombia.
- Defense 4: «Propuesta de un experimento para validar condiciones de vida bacteriana metanófila en Titán y su uso para combatir el combatir el cambio climático» (Proposal of an experiment to validate methanotrophic bacterial life conditions on Titan and its use to combat climate change) – Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt in Mexico.
- Defense 5: «Trastorno de ansiedad social en adolescentes del colegio Gimnasio Campestre» (Social anxiety disorder in adolescents of colegio Gimnasio Campestre) – Colegio Gimnasio Campestre, Colombia.
Congratulations to all the finalists! The jury will now have a difficult job to choose the winners as all groups have performed very well in the oral presentation. We also congratulate the professors for encouraging research, supporting student initiatives, and motivating them to participate in the Award.
The decision will be made on March 4 through our communication channels.
