Science and Technology Award winners announced

The preliminary results of the Macau Science and Technology Awards 2016 were announced yesterday. A total of 18 prizes proposed by the awards’ evaluation committee will be distributed among the winners. The winning projects address topics such as medicine, telecommunications and energy recycling.
This year, a total of 42 projects applied for the prizes, and 39 eventually entered the preliminary assessment phase made by the evaluation committee. Eighteen projects fell under the category of Natural Science Awards, 15 belong to Technological Invention Awards and six were listed for the Technology Progress Awards.
In the final two categories, no first-class prizes were issued, according to Zhu Lilian, chairman of the evaluation committee, as the candidate projects were not of a sufficiently high standard to be eligible.
Two first-class prizes of the Natural Science Award category were given to the Macau University of Science and Technology, which won six other prizes, including one made in collaboration with local companies, one with the University of Macau (UM), and one with the First Affiliated College of Guangzhou Medical University. UM independently won seven awards.
The results will be forwarded to the Chief Executive for approval. The awards ceremony is likely to be held in October.