Bosch announces innovation prize

Bosch announces innovation prize

From now on, prospective graduates of Austrian higher technical colleges (HTL) can register their theses for the Bosch Innovation Prize. You have until January 10, 2025 to do this. The grand finale with awards ceremony will take place in Vienna in mid-June 2025. “With the Bosch Innovation Prize, we bring the most talented HTL students into the spotlight every year – this year for the 18th time,” says Agnes Mazzei, Head of Corporate Communications at Bosch Austria and the person responsible for the initiative. "The winning teams receive prize money of 1,500 euros each and a high-profile stage at the award ceremony to network with experts from science and business. This means that the Bosch Innovation Prize is also a significant boost for the young people's career start."

What is required are the most technically sophisticated solutions as well as interdisciplinarity and cross-disciplinary work. Social, ecological and economic sustainability are also important aspects when evaluating the submitted diploma thesis projects. For the first time, you can take part in four disciplines: in addition to the tried and tested three categories “Mobility”, “Industrial Technology” and “Connected Living” also in the “ACE Challenge”. The abbreviation ACE stands for “Automated – Connected – Electrified” and describes the future of mobility – and thus also the development goals in the Bosch Mobility division. "In order to promote the development of autonomous driving, our engineering team in Vienna has constructed an intelligent, connected model vehicle on a scale of 1:10, the Eco-System Demonstrator. This model makes it possible to test the experiences that real connected vehicles have both on the road and in communication with their environment and other vehicles," says Agnes Mazzei. “Since the model is based on an open platform, the HTL students can create their own eco-system demonstrator in the ACE Challenge in order to directly test new vehicle architectures and technologies.” Further information at: www.bosch.at/news-and-stories/bosch-innovationspreis/