The Bavarian Academic Forum – BayWISS is once again awarding a prize for:
"Outstanding or future-oriented research in individual scientific fields"
Entry is possible for doctoral candidates of all BayWISS' Joint Academic Partnerships who have not yet completed their doctoral thesis, via their supervisors with the coordinators of the individual Joint Academic Partnerships. They will subsequently forward the applications to our management until 6 July 2026. The deadline will be earlier within the Joint Academic Partnership; please enquire with your coordinator. A jury made up of members of the steering committees of the various Joint Academic Partnerships will subsequently select three award winners from the submitted entries.
What is to be submitted?
- entry form
- essay: max. 3 pages, approx. 12,000 characters (incl. spaces), in which the doctoral candidates describe the key research results of their doctoral thesis and their relevance to society as clearly as possible. The essay is to convince a jury who is not familiar with the research area. Please specify list of publications, awards, patents etc.
- university degree certificate
- tabular CV
- a short assessment of the entry by the supervisor which explains why the research is outstanding, whether due to special publications, patents, participation in conferences or similar.
The prize ceremony will take place during the Annual Colloquium on 29 October 2026 at Munich School of Philosophy.
Please note! Award winners are asked to personally attend and present their projects.
