After the award ceremony, prizewinners and members of the Board of Trustees and jury assembled for the photo shoot, from left: Markus Hubel (prizewinner), Andreas Silies (prizewinner), Uwe Lütkeschümer (executive board), Frank Hausdörfer (prizewinner), Dr. Hermann Garbers (Board of Trustees), Stephanie Müller (prizewinner), Joachim Pförtner (prizewinner), Dr. Rolf Meuther (Board of Trustees), Dr. Gottfried Eikel (jury), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Böttinger (jury), Dr. Georg Wendl (jury), Prof.e.h. Dr. h.c. Helmut Claas (Board of Trustees), Dr. James Brighton (Board of Trustees), Maximilian Birle (prizewinner), Dr. Jan Willem Hofsteg (representative of prizewinner Wouter Bac), Irina Goncharova (prizewinner), Nicolas Dubuc (prizewinner).
The first prize, a scholarship worth € 400 a month for a period of 12 months, went to Joachim Pförtner (University of Stuttgart). His research work "Modelling a tractor cab with suspension as a multi body-system using SIMPACK" seeks to make tractors more comfortable to drive. Maximilian Birle (Technical University Munich) was awarded the second prize, a scholarship worth € 300 each month for a period of 12 months, for his work on the subject of energy generation entitled "Economic analysis of syngas plants test". Andreas Sillies (University of Hanover / TU Braunschweig) investigated the topic of agricultural tillage. His research project "Development of a test rig concept for the investigation of tillage tool friction when stimulated ultrasonically" won the third prize of € 250 over a period of 12 months. The fourth prize, € 200 for 12 months, went to Frank Hausdörfer (TU Braunschweig) for his research project entitled "Modelling a loading spout for an autonomous field robot".
In addition to the annual scholarships, four bonus prizes to the value of € 1,000 each were also awarded. Stephanie Müller (University of Kassel) received a bonus prize for her Bachelor thesis on "Design, construction and test of a trough for nuzzling to facilitate species-appropriate feeding of litterless pigs", while Nicolas Dubuc (Mc Gill University, Quebec / Canada) was rewarded for his Bachelor thesis tackling the subject of ploughing. Markus Hubel (FH Aalen) received a bonus prize for his project essay "Early detection of mechanical failures within combine harvesters", while the final bonus prize went to Irina Goncharova (Kuban University, Krasnodar / Russia) for her research work on "Increasing the productivity of maize harvesters".
