ESPD Prizes 2019: Call for nominations

PhD Thesis Prize

Eligibility:To qualify for this prize, the viva or public defence of the nominee must had taken place the calendar year before the award of the prize: e.g. defence/viva between 01/01/2018 and 31/12/2018 – only eligible for the 2019 ESPD PhD Thesis prize. The PhD degree should have been awarded by a European Institute and the majority of the work carried in Europe. European countries are defined as the countries having a national society being a member society of the EPS.

Deadline: February 15th, 2019.

Supporting documents: Nominations should include:

1. Nomination letter from a research advisor (or equivalent collaborator) outlining the impact of the nominee’s research on the broad field of solar physics (up to 2 pages)
2.  Nominee’s CV (up to 2 pages)
3.  Nominee’s bibliography resulted from PhD research work (refereed published papers, proceedings, oral contributions, …)
4.  The extended summary of the dissertation that explains major findings, significance and impact (2 pages maximum)
5.  Two letters of support from scientists familiar with the research (e.g. members of the thesis committee and/or other collaborators, up to 2 pages each)
6. URL where thesis can be downloaded without any restrictions

Applications exceeding the page limits or incomplete will be disqualified.

Submission: The above documents should be combined into a single PDF file (file size <2 Mb) and submitted through the ESPD prizes nomination form (link).

Early Career Researcher (Postdoc) Prize

Eligibility:

To qualify for this prize, the viva or public defence  (or date of award of the PhD when no thesis defence was held) of the nominee must had taken place no more than 4 calendar years before the award of the prize: e.g. defence/viva between 01/01/2015 and 31/12/2018 are eligible for application to the 2019 prize, if no further justification of an extension is provided. At the moment of the application, the applicant should not have a permanent position. Incapacitating sick leaves or similar circumstances can extend the deadline by a period equal to the leave time. A parental extension of 6 months is given to the father or mother for each child born within the 4 years period, however periods of unemployment do not qualify for an extension. Written justification for the requested extension must be provided. Although the primary criterion for the awarding of the prize is the scientific excellence, candidacy with a clearer connection with institutes located in Europe (as defined by the EPS membership) will be advantaged, at equal level of scientific merit.

Deadline: February 15th, 2019.

Supporting documents: Nominations should include:

1. Nomination letter from the supervisor/grant holder outlining the impact of the nominee’s research on the broad field of solar physics (up to 2 pages each)
2. Nominee’s CV (up to 2 pages)
3.  Nominee’s bibliography (refereed published papers, proceedings, oral contributions, …)
4.  Two letters of support from scientists familiar with the research (e.g. collaborator, former PhD supervisor, co-supervisor, up to 2 pages each)
5.  The summary of the research work over last 4 years explaining major findings, significance and impact on the area of solar physics (2 pages maximum)
6. If applicable, a letter outlining circumstances in case of the deadline extension

Applications exceeding the page limits or incomplete will be disqualified.

Submission: The above documents should be combined into a single PDF (file size <2 Mb) and submitted through the ESPD prizes nomination form (link).

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