The International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies (IULTCS) has announced the winners of its Young Leather Scientist grants for 2022.

These awards are open to scientists under the age of 35 who work in the leather industry in any part of the world. Winners receive monetary awards to help support their work.
Fitsum Etefa Ahmed from the Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology is the winner of this year’s research grant for a project entitled ‘The anti-ectoparasitic activity of medicinal plant extracts in reducing cockle damage on sheep and goat skin’. The grant is for €1,500.

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