Cork teenager wins science award
An Irish teenager has been awarded a global science award for his project on removing microplastics from water.
Cork native, Fionn Ferreira, claimed the $50,000 bursary at the Google Science Fair yesterday.
Huge congrats from all of us in YSI to Fionn from Ballydehob, Co. Cork who won a €45,000 bursary at the #GoogleScienceFair!
Read more about Fionn's #innovation from @googlescifair which aims to remove microplastics from our oceans in the @IrishTimes:https://t.co/n5P2Gn2s98
— Young Social Innovators (@YSInow) July 30, 2019
The event took place at Google International headquarters in California, with 24 finalists also competing for the top prize.
18-year-old Fionn, who has competed in the BT Young Scientist Exhibition several times, is planning to attend university in the Netherlands.
