Call for Submissions - Trimo's Student Competition Launched Challenging Young Researchers for the 11th Year Running

Trimo, one of Europe’s leading suppliers of construction products including roofing and cladding, is today inviting students from across Europe to submit their Diploma papers, expert works, dissertations and Doctoral theses to compete for a cash prize. The competition is open to any student whose work was formally appraised from
1st January 2011 to 31st December 2011 across diverse fields including architecture, industrial design, construction, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, chemistry, law, IT and economics.

The deadline for submissions is 18th March 2012 and students can find additional information at www.trimo-researchawards.com/en, including entry forms and details about what the judges are looking for.

Trimo’s competition encourages innovation and creativity in young researchers as well as developing and fostering cooperation on a global scale between the commercial and academic sectors.

Trimo, which has been researching and developing new business models, processes, services, products, technologies and markets within its operations for over 50 years, is looking to develop young students from Europe as well as encouraging them to promote their innovative ideas. Creative ideas and the approaches of individuals are continually encouraged through a number of projects and competitions, including the now internationally acclaimed Trimo Research Awards.

The competition is open to students from across Europe – Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Montenegro, Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Serbia, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom, where Trimo has business operations.

Speaking about the Trimo Research Awards Danijel Zupančič, MSc, President of the Committee for Research Work and Deputy General Manager for the Technical Department at Trimo said: “Young researchers get a lot of new knowledge and experience in practical work and an opportunity to tackle real entrepreneurial challenges. Conversely Trimo has access to many new and fresh ideas that create trends. Consequently, different types of knowledge are exchanged that encourage cooperation between the company and universities at a European level, which is even more important in these austere times and recognition of the company and students by the specialist public also increases.”

Tatjana Fink, MBA, Trimo’s General Manager, added: “one of the principal aims of the awards is to also encourage the transfer of information and ideas between Trimo and external knowledge centres that work in those fields of interest to Trimo and encourage contact between the most promising students and the company. Trimo Research Awards are an important source for recognising and creating innovation and a solid link between academia and commerce. We are certain that the development of knowledge and cooperation within the company and with external partners strengthens our competitiveness in the long run.”

In the past ten years, Trimo has presented over 400 awards of which 229 were given for Diploma papers, 85 for dissertations and expert works and 87 for Doctoral theses. 226 mentors from 53 universities from 12 European countries also cooperated in these works.

Scientific work submitted to the competition should be from the fields of expertise such as architecture, industrial design, construction/ civil engineering, mechanical engineering, chemistry, law, IT, economics and management, electro technology, and employee development.
It should include up-to-date achievements in science or new approaches and solutions that Trimo could apply to practical work, and provide results that have an important contribution to further success of the company,

Trimo's Committee for Research Work will submit the entries to specialists in the submission’s respective fields for evaluation, and together assess and award the best works. The award-winners will receive a cash prize; the summary of their work will be published in the Trimo Research Awards brochure.

Candidates can apply by filling in the application published on the website for the Trimo Research Awards (http://www.trimo-researchawards.com/en) or by sending the original bound paper before the deadline 18 March 2012, to

Trimo d.d.
Committee for Research Work
Prijateljeva cesta 12
8210 Trebnje
Slovenia

For further information candidates can e-mail : award@trimo.si.


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