The scientific committee has awarded four student grants of 400 Euro each plus free registration to gifted young scientists.

The awardees are:

• Kamermans, Marjolein (School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland)
   
• Kolbinger, Florian (Institut für Zoologie, Universität Regensburg, Germany)
   
• Kuzmenkova, Jeanna (Limnological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia)
   
• Semiturkina, Natalia (Limnological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia)