On November 25, the Lorraine Regional Council organized its first evening promoting higher education, research and science-society relations to announce the award winners for distinguished dissertations and research.  The occasion also marked the first time presentation of the Regional award for Science and Society.

The participatory research project SURVIVORS, lead by Labex ARBRE, INRA, CPIE Nancy-Champenoux and the college Duvivier d’Einville au Jard, was also awarded a special mention for innovation. For three years, some 80 students will experience research as young scientists – both a unique way to discover the scientific investigative processes but also a window into the many career possibilities in science.

Wednesday, November 26 marked yet another highlight for the project with on-site visits from researchers to the classrooms to present students with the experiments first results .

The SURVIVORS project has also been selected to be included in the international conference “Science & You”, which will be held in Nancy in June 2015. The SURVIVORS students have been invited by researchers to participate in the conference by giving a slide-show presentation on the project, with the help of their English teachers..