The 2024 EMB Bursary is being awarded to Ms Perla Galatolo to carry out an investigation on the state of Posidonia oceanica meadows in Maltese bays subjected to anthropogenic disturbance and pollution and shall form part of a Master of Science in Cross-Disciplinary Science [Mainly by Research] with the Faculty of Science at the University of Malta.

The 2023 EMB Bursary is being awarded to Mr Jake Bonello to carry out an investigation on the anti-fouling performance of a novel PMMA/TiO2 nanocomposite coating and shall form part of a Master of Science with the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Malta.

The 2022 EMB Bursary has been awarded to Mr Ede Kossári-Tarnik to carry out a preliminary quantitative and qualitive investigation of microplastics sampled from Maltese nearshore waters.