The wait is over! EU TalentOn 2026 is thrilled to unveil the 100 early-career researchers who will compete in the third edition of this groundbreaking scientific contest, taking place September 7–11 in Brest, France.
Over five intense days in Brest, they’ll participate in brainstorming sessions lectures, workshops, and networking activities, working in teams to develop cutting-edge solutions. The stakes? A share of €80 000 in prize money, including a €12 000 Grand Jury Prize for the most impactful project.
A Soil Deal For Europe
- Dhouha Ouerfelli (Cyprus)
- Swagatika Dash (Germany)
- Daniel Henn (Ireland)
- Julia Santolin (Belgium)
- Saurabh Singh (Ireland)
- Victoria Boycheva (Estonia)
- Ilaria Bertolini (Italy)
- Humberto Castillo Gonzalez (France)
- Felipe Quiroz (Ireland)
- Abarna Lingeswaran (France)
- Natasha Waris (Italy)
- Mujahid Rasool (Germany)
- Susana Zapata García (Spain)
- Roxana Khabazzadeh Moghadam (France)
- Albert Garcia-Valiente (Spain)
- Mar Luna Manteca (Spain)
- Sanaz Bagheri (Germany)
- Cláudia Viana (Portugal)
- Marija Gadzimuradova (Netherlands)
- Filip Lestan (Norway)
Cancer Prevention & Care
- Jaffar Gura (France)
- Mireia Vaca-Dempere (Spain)
- Federica Brescia (Ireland)
- Erdost Yildiz (Germany)
- Maria Stepanyan (Luxembourg)
- Aleksandra Kierczak (Poland)
- Marion Le Meur (Spain)
- Bashir Ibrahim Abdalrahman Ahmed (Hungary)
- Salome Abuladze (Georgia)
- Tulu Tefera Habte (Hungary)
- Xhilda Dhamo Merkaj (Albania)
- Laura Jonderko (Poland)
- Ava Chan (United Kingdom)
- Nikolina Tomic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Oliwia Kosecka (Poland)
- Suresh Ajmeera (Belgium)
- Alberto Galindo Caballero (Spain)
- Matteo Arnaudi (Denmark)
- Jill Meynen (Belgium)
- Narjes Yazdi (Finland)
Restore our Ocean and Waters
- Mariarosaria Morelli (Italy)
- Mandana Mahgoli (Iceland)
- Simone Scala (Spain)
- Myrto Foteini Touloupi (Greece)
- Adriana Spedicato (France)
- Denise Claudia Boedihardjo (Ireland)
- Pauline Wasle (Germany)
- Kainat Altaf (Germany)
- Dominika Czekanowska (Poland)
- Varsha Lohani (Spain)
- Iván Montenegro (Spain)
- Eleonora Thomas (Belgium)
- Beyza Özerdem (Turkey)
- Dominika Kolenda (Poland)
- Bektore Mansurov (Slovakia)
- Gjylije Hoti (Italy)
- Siddhanth Shishodia (Austria)
- Abdullah Senol (Norway)
- Charlene Penelope Glaeser (Germany)
- Pauline Delran (France)
100 Climate-neutral and Smart Cities
- Hannah Niese (Switzerland)
- Nejc Klopcic (Slovenia)
- Merve Alp (Türkiye)
- Antonio D’Alessio (Italy)
- Samar Momin (Ireland)
- Maria Isavella Gkadri (Greece)
- Divyanshu Sood (Ireland)
- Maria Ruxandra Cojocaru (Spain)
- Abdul Mateen Khan (Ireland)
- Imen Kaabachi (France)
- Javlon Tursunov (Slovakia)
- Stelina Leka (Albania)
- Lucia Petronio (Italy)
- Muhammad Irfan Khalid (Greece)
- Muhammad Talib Faiz (Belgium)
- Samira Huber (Germany)
- Rahmandhika Firdauzha Hary Hernandha (Belgium)
- Fouad Al Tfaily (France)
- Ruben Hammele (Germany)
- Gábor Pásztor (Hungary)
Adaptation to Climate Change
- Carlos Cabanzo (Portugal)
- Asli Ceren Simsek (Spain)
- Santiago Martínez Sosa (Ireland)
- Andrea Briones (Spain)
- Geogios Allexandros Asvestas (Greece)
- Ibrahim Abdelsalam (Finland)
- Martina Di Sessa (Italy)
- Marie Johanna Univer (Estonia)
- Ahmed Salem (Germany)
- Martina Lamanna (Italy)
- Ivan Werthmann (Netherlands)
- Kristina Yefimak (Belgium)
- Ismir Smajic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Edoardo Kimani Bellotto (Austria)
- Lorenzo Gianquintieri (Italy)
- Barbara Bourgade (Sweden)
- Niklas Kehl (Germany)
- Florin Miron (Romania)
- Bernat Molero Agudo (Netherlands)
- Alejandro Roman (Spain)
