Archive 2020

• Diploma thesis was created at the Czech Academy of Sciences or a Czech university.
• Diploma thesis was defended between 01 Dec 2018 and 30 Nov 2020.
• Supervisor has to agree with the submission of the diploma thesis to the competition and with the processing of his/her personal data.
• Research quality of the diploma thesis and the contribution to the current state of knowledge are the main evaluation criteria.

• 1st Prize: 50 000 CZK student + 50 000 CZK supervisor
• 2nd Prize: 30 000 CZK student + 30 000 CZK supervisor
• 3rd Prize: 20 000 CZK student + 20 000 CZK supervisor

• Cena Siemens 2020 Diploma Thesis summary  
• Cena Siemens 2020 guidelines (cz)  

• Ph.D. thesis was created at the Czech Academy of Sciences or a Czech university.
• Ph.D. thesis was defended between 01 Dec 2018 and 30 Nov 2020.
• Supervisor has to agree with the submission of the Ph.D. thesis to the competition and with the processing of his/her personal data.
• Research quality of the Ph.D. thesis and the contribution to the current state of knowledge are the main evaluation criteria.

• 1st Prize: 50 000 CZK student + 50 000 CZK supervisor
• 2nd Prize: 30 000 CZK student + 30 000 CZK supervisor
• 3rd Prize: 20 000 CZK student + 20 000 CZK supervisor

• Cena Siemens 2020 Ph.D. Thesis summary  
• Cena Siemens 2020 guidelines (cz)  

• The age limit of 40 years is on the date of the call deadline, career breaks are excluded from this limit; the limit extension by 2 years per each child.
• Only a published (finished) research result can be submitted to the competition.
• The research result was published between 01 Dec 2016 and 30 Nov 2020.
• Project description is the mandatory part of the application.
• There are no limits of number of applications per one institution.
• All team members have to agree with the submission of the result to the competition and with the processing of their personal data.
• Research quality of the result and the contribution to the current state of knowledge are the main evaluation criteria.

300 000 CZK

The prize will be sent to the bank account of the awardee by Sat 30 Mar 2019.

• Cena Siemens Basic Research summary  
• Cena Siemens 2020 guidelines (cz)  

• Scientists under 40 (the age limit is raised by a maximum of 4 years for periods of childcare) who have completed their doctorate, can demonstrate outstanding work in their field and have worked as scientists without interruption during the last 3 years (calculated by submission date) in one of the following countries: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia.
• Re-application for the award is permitted after two years have passed.
• It is not necessary to supply signatures in the electronic versions.
• Protected files will not be accepted.

• Ignatz L. Lieben Award 2020 summary  
• Ignatz L. Lieben Award 2020 infoweb  

• Currently enrolled in a Ph.D. study at a Czech institution or has defended his/her Ph.D. in 2019 or 2020;
• of Czech or Slovak nationality;
• younger than 33 years on 24 Jun 2020;
• author of at least one scientific article published or accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed international journal;
• his/her Ph.D. study does not collude with any work for the Solvay company.
• An Internship must take place in a French research centre (selected by awardee).
• Awardee must confirm an internship to the French Embassy by 31 Jan 2021, and the internship must finished before 15 Dec 2021.
• The support must be used for the internship and not for a postdoc contract.

Stage 1: Pre-selection by the CAS based on the pre-applications. Max. two applicants from the CAS institutes can be nominated to the stage 2.
CAS contact: Ms. Denisa Jetelinová; e-mail: jetelinova@kav.cas.cz; ☎ 221 403 354;

Stage 2: Nationwide Finals by the French Institute in Prague based on a full application package;
IFP contact: Ms. Lauriane Labourel; e-mail: lauriane.labourel@ifp.cz; ☎ 221 401 003

• 1st Prize: 65 000 CZK, a stipend for a one-month internship in France, participation to the Barrande French-Czech Vltava Chemistry Meeting in 2020
• 2nd Prize: 40 000 CZK and a stipend for a one-month internship in France
• 3rd Prize: 25 000 CZK
• Special Prize for Chemistry (awarded in partnership with the Czech Chemical Society - CCS) to represent CCS at a congress organized by one of the partner Central European chemical societies, one-year subscription of the journal “Chemické listy”.

• Jean-Marie-Lehn-Prize_2020_Summary  
• Jean-Marie-Lehn-Prize_2020_Guidelines  

• Currently enrolled in a Ph.D. study at a Czech institution or has defended his/her Ph.D. in 2019 or 2020;
• of Czech or Slovak nationality;
• younger than 33 years on 24 Jun 2020;
• author of at least one scientific article published or accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed international journal;
• his/her Ph.D. study does not collude with any work for the Solvay company.
• An Internship must take place in a French research centre (selected by awardee).
• Awardee must confirm an internship to the French Embassy by 31 Jan 2021, and the internship must finished before 15 Dec 2021.
• The support must be used for the internship and not for a postdoc contract.

Stage 1: Pre-selection by the CAS based on the pre-applications. Max. two applicants from the CAS institutes can be nominated to the stage 2.
CAS contact: Ms. Denisa Jetelinová; e-mail: jetelinova@kav.cas.cz; ☎ 221 403 354;

Stage 2: Nationwide Finals by the French Institute in Prague based on a full application package;
IFP contact: Ms. Lauriane Labourel; e-mail: lauriane.labourel@ifp.cz; ☎ 221 401 003

• 1st Prize: 65 000 CZK, a stipend for a one-month internship in France
• 2nd Prize: 40 000 CZK and a stipend for a one-month internship in France
• 3rd Prize: 25 000 CZK

• Sanofi-Prize_2020_Summary  
• Sanofi-Prize_2020_Guidelines  

• Currently enrolled in a Ph.D. study at a Czech institution or has defended his/her Ph.D. in 2019 or 2020;
• of Czech or Slovak nationality;
• younger than 33 years on 24 Jun 2020;
• author of at least one scientific article published or accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed international journal;
• his/her Ph.D. study does not collude with any work for the Solvay company.
• An Internship must take place in a French research centre (selected by awardee).
• Awardee must confirm an internship to the French Embassy by 31 Jan 2021, and the internship must finished before 15 Dec 2021.
• The support must be used for the internship and not for a postdoc contract.

Stage 1: Pre-selection by the CAS based on the pre-applications. Max. two applicants from the CAS institutes can be nominated to the stage 2.
CAS contact: Ms. Denisa Jetelinová; e-mail: jetelinova@kav.cas.cz; ☎ 221 403 354;

Stage 2: Nationwide Finals by the French Institute in Prague based on a full application package;
IFP contact: Ms. Lauriane Labourel; e-mail: lauriane.labourel@ifp.cz; ☎ 221 401 003

• 1st Prize: 65 000 CZK, a stipend for a one-month internship in France
• 2nd Prize: 40 000 CZK and a stipend for a one-month internship in France
• 3rd Prize: 25 000 CZK
• Special Prize IT4Innovations (awarded in partnership with IT4Innovations) – given the right to 50 000 hours of calculation on Ostrava‘s super computer.

• Joseph-Fourier-Prize_2020_Summary  
• Joseph-Fourier-Prize_2020_Guidelines  

• Applicants must be women scientists of the Czech nationality below the age of 40 on October 2020 with a Ph.D. degree in Life, Chemical or Physical Sciences.
• Eligibility criteria: potential usage; impact of the project; candidate’s personality and appeal on the jury; scientific background and postdoctoral level.
• Relevant research to be implemented in the Czech Republic.
• The award of 200 000 CZK to be used to support research in the Czech Republic.
• Winners expressly authorize UNESCO and the L’Oréal Group including all subsidiaries to reproduce, represent and use their Image, in the Czech Republic and worldwide.

• For Women in Science 2020 summary  
• For Women in Science 2020 guidelines