Ramón Esteruelas-CIHEAM Zaragoza Prize
The Ramón Esteruelas-CIHEAM Zaragoza Prize for Outstanding Achievement is awarded annually by CIHEAM Zaragoza to students within the framework of their Master of Science. This award is intended for students that have participated in any of the master’s programmes affiliated with CIHEAM Zaragoza. Eligible candidates must have completed the most recent edition of their programme and presented their End of Master Project (TFM) during the year preceding the award.
The prize was created in honour of Ramón Esteruelas, founder of CIHEAM and president of the Governing Board between 1962 and 1983. Through this award, CIHEAM Zaragoza acknowledges the pursuit of academic excellence to enhance cooperation and development in agriculture and food in the Mediterranean region.
Winner of the 2025 edition
Student: Diego Vargas Donayre
Master Programme: Animal Breeding and Reproduction Biotechnology 2022/2024
End of Master's Project: “Integration of selection and transcriptome data to identify the domestication footprint in the swine genome”.
End of Master’s Project Supervisors: Marcel Amills Eras and Sebastián Ramos-Onsins, Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)
▶ Watch the highlight from our 2025 Opening Ceremony: the Ramón Esteruelas–CIHEAM Zaragoza Award presented to Diego Vargas.
Winner of the 2024 edition
Student: Silvia Ramia Latorre
Master Programme: Agrifood Marketing 2021/2023
End of Master’s Project Supervisors: Azucena Gracia Royo and Petjon Ballco, Agri-Food Research and Technology Centre of Aragon (CITA), Government of Aragón.
▶ Watch the highlight from our 2024 Opening Ceremony: the Ramón Esteruelas–CIHEAM Zaragoza Award presented to Silvia Ramia.
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