USC's Bread and Cereal Chair launches its fourth edition of awards

The competition recognizes final degree and master's projects on cereals and their derivatives, with submissions accepted until October 20th.

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The University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) has launched the fourth edition of the Award for Final Degree and Master's Projects from the Institutional Chair of Bread and Cereal.

The submission period for this competition, which aims to recognize projects on cereals and their derived products, will be open until October 20th.
Three prizes will be awarded: 1000 euros for the first place, 500 euros for the second, and 250 euros for the third, along with a certificate for each winner.
Applications must be submitted through the USC's electronic registry.
Evaluation criteria will consider the work's originality (25%), the novelty of its contributions to the knowledge of the studied topics (25%), the timeliness and quality of its methodology (25%), and the formal qualities of the texts, including writing, information structure, and graphical presentation (25%).
Based on information from the official source: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC) — Xornal (14/10/2026)