A new treatment for Cerebral Malaria in children that does not have to be administered in a hospital received first prize in the annual competition for the Applied Science Prize at the University of Iceland that ended in the University's Aula today. Three other projects on variable stiffness in prosthetic feet, visual presentation of glacier retreat, and software for using Icelandic more extensively in a digital world, also received prizes.  

This was the twenty-third time the award, formerly the University of Iceland’s Applied Science Prize, was presented.  A record number of submissions were received this year, or 50 proposals. Prizes were awarded for the best idea in four categories. Health; Technology and Progress; Society; and Incentive Award.  The overall winner was selected from the winners of each category. 

"The collaboration between the Icelandic Touring Association and the University of Iceland in the project Hiking trips with Science tips (Með fróðleik í fararnesti) has been very successful and popular among our members and the general public."

So says Páll Eysteinn Guðmundsson managing director of the Icelandic Touring Association about the walking tours organised by the University of Iceland and the Icelandic Touring Association annually since the University's centennial in 2011. Páll knows these excursions pretty well as he has guided several of them himself.   The hiking trips with science tips all take place around Reykjavík and thousands have participated.