Student Scientists to Represent U.S. in Stockholm Junior Water Prize Contest

National finals slated in mid-June at University of North Carolina

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The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has announced that 59 high-school students have been selected as the 2017 state winners of the U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize, the nation’s most prestigious youth award for a water-related science project. 

The student winners from 48 states and Puerto Rico will compete in the national finals June 16-17 at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The exhibition and judging is open to the public and will take place at the Cone University Center from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 17.

The national winners will receive $10,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to Stockholm, Sweden, to represent the United States at the international competition during World Water Week Aug. 27 to Sept. 1. The international winners will receive $15,000 presented during a royal ceremony by the prize’s Patron HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden. 

The Stockholm Junior Water Prize aims to increase students’ interest in water-related issues and research and to raise awareness about global water challenges. The competition is open to projects aimed at improving water quality, water resources management, water protection, and drinking water and wastewater treatment.

“WEF is very proud to shine a spotlight on some of our country’s brightest high-school students, who impress us all with their innovative projects that focus on protecting our precious water resources,” says WEF Executive Director Eileen O’Neill. “These students give us great confidence in the future of water science and research.”

In the U.S., WEF and its member associations organize the regional, state and national competitions with support from Xylem Inc., which also sponsors the international competition. The Bjorn von Euler Innovation in Water Scholarship Award, a $1,000 scholarship sponsored by Xylem Inc., also will be awarded to the state winner who demonstrates a passion for education, spirit of creativity and innovation.   

For more information on the Stockholm Junior Water Prize and to see the 2017 state winners, visit www.wef.org/resources/for-the-public/SJWP/



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