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• Applicants must be women scientists aged 40 or less on 31 Dec 2023 with a Ph.D. degree in the Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technological Sciences, Formal or Life and environmental sciences – see guidelines for full list.
• Relevant research to be implemented in the Czech Republic for the length of the following one year.
• If animal experiments are carried out, these must be described in detail. Their necessity or the lack of alternatives must be justified.
• The award of 200,000 CZK to be used to support research in the Czech Republic.
• The winners agree to participate in media training, to participate in the official events organized in 2024/2025 around the topic “For Women in Science”.
• The winners agree to keep the announcement of the results confidential until the official announcement.
• The 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.
• The winner must settle all tax obligations connected with the payment of the award.

For help with your application, please contact projectoffice@uochb.cas.cz

Veronika Palečková, ☎: 266
Blanka Collis, ☎: 527

• For Women in Science 2024 summary  
• For Women in Science 2024 guidelines  
• For Women in Science 2024 scientific disciplines  

• The Diploma thesis resulted from work done at the Czech Academy of Sciences or a Czech university focussed on life and technical sciences.
• The Diploma thesis was defended between 01 Dec 2021 and 30 Nov 2023.
• Supervisor agrees with the submission of the diploma thesis to the competition and with the processing of his/her personal data.
• The research quality of the diploma thesis and the contribution to the current state of knowledge are the main evaluation criteria.
• Participants who have not been awarded in the previous year can apply with their original work again.
• When participants achieve further results, they may apply for another category (e.g. Best dissertation, Most significant result of basic research, etc.)
• The special award of the CEO of Siemens for Excellence in Women's Scientific Work: All published results by women who ranked first in the Best Diploma Thesis, Best Dissertation, Most Important Basic Research Result are automatically included in the evaluation. They may be nominated on the recommendation of expert juries if the work is exceptional in any way.
• Special award Best graduate (diploma/dissertation) thesis dealing with topics of the concept Industry 4.0:
  1. no separate application, only extra category is ticked
  2. thesis on topics related to: cyber-physical systems, system integration, data storage, big data analysis, industrial communication and communication infrastructure, additive manufacturing, augmented and virtual reality, autonomous robots, cybernetics and artificial intelligence

• 1st Prize: 55 000 CZK student + 55 000 CZK supervisor
• 2nd Prize: 35 000 CZK student + 35 000 CZK supervisor
• 3rd Prize: 30 000 CZK student + 30 000 CZK supervisor

• Cena Siemens 2023 Diploma Thesis
• Cena Siemens 2023 exctract from the rules (cz)  

• The age limit of 40 years is on the date of the call deadline, career breaks are excluded from this limit; the limit can be extended by 3 years per child (length of maternity/parental leave must be confirmed with a solemn declaration).
• Only a published (finished) research result can be submitted to the competition.
• The research result was published between 01 Jan 2018 and 30 Nov 2022.
• A project description is a mandatory part of the application.
• There are no limits of number of applications per one institution.
• Team members can be part of an unlimited number of applications, only one application per team leader can be submitted.
• All team members have to agree with the submission of the result to the competition and with the processing of their personal data.
• The research quality of the result and the contribution to the current state of knowledge are the main evaluation criteria.
• The special award of the CEO of Siemens for Excellence in Women's Scientific Work: All published results by women who ranked first in the Best Diploma Thesis, Best Dissertation, Most Important Basic Research Result are automatically included in the evaluation. They may be nominated on the recommendation of expert juries if the work is exceptional in any way.

300 000 CZK (1 award per year)

The prize will be sent to the bank account of the awardee by 30 Apr 2024.

• Cena Siemens 2023 Basic Research Summary  
• Cena Siemens 2023 exctract from the rules (cz)  

• The successful achievement of study and/or research results or volunteer activities despite obstacles that the student must overcome in the course of his/her studies with regard to his/her disability or disadvantage are the main evaluation criteria.
• Students are affiliated to the Czech Academy of Sciences or a Czech university focussed on life and technical sciences.
• Student and nominator both agree with the nomination to the award competition and with the processing of his/her personal data.
• Disability-barriers during studies means visual, auditory or locomotor impairment, severe specific learning disability, mental or severe chronic somatic disease.

1st Prize: 50 000 CZK student

The prizes will be sent to the Czech bank accounts of the awardees by 30 Apr 2024.

• Cena Siemens 2023 Award for overcoming barriers  
• Cena Siemens 2023 exctract from the rules (cz)  

• The PhD thesis resulted from work done at the Czech Academy of Sciences or a Czech university focussed on life and technical sciences.
• The PhD thesis was defended between 01 Dec 2021 and 30 Nov 2023.
• Supervisor agrees with the submission of the diploma thesis to the competition and with the processing of his/her personal data.
• The research quality of the PhD thesis and the contribution to the current state of knowledge are the main evaluation criteria.
• Participants who have not been awarded in the previous year can apply with their original work again.
• When participants achieve further results, they may apply for another category (e.g. Most significant result of basic research, etc.)
• The special award of the CEO of Siemens for Excellence in Women's Scientific Work: All published results by women who ranked first in the Best Diploma Thesis, Best Dissertation, Most Important Basic Research Result are automatically included in the evaluation. They may be nominated on the recommendation of expert juries if the work is exceptional in any way.
• Special award Best graduate (diploma/dissertation) thesis dealing with topics of the concept Industry 4.0:
  1. no separate application, only extra category is ticked
  2. thesis on topics related to: cyber-physical systems, system integration, data storage, big data analysis, industrial communication and communication infrastructure, additive manufacturing, augmented and virtual reality, autonomous robots, cybernetics and artificial intelligence

• 1st Prize: 70 000 CZK student + 70 000 CZK supervisor
• 2nd Prize: 40 000 CZK student + 40 000 CZK supervisor
• 3rd Prize: 30 000 CZK student + 30 000 CZK supervisor

• Cena Siemens 2023 PhD Thesis summary  
• Cena Siemens 2023 exctract from the rules (cz)  

• Neuron Prize 2023 promising researcher summary  

• Neuron Prize 2023 summary  

• NF Neuron Award: Connecting Science and Business Award summary  

• Currently enrolled in a Ph.D. study at a Czech institution or has defended his/her Ph.D. in 2022 or 2023;
• of Czech or Slovak nationality;
• younger than 33 years on 01 May 2023;
• 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 2024, and the internship must finished before 15 Dec 2024.
• 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: Jana Whalen; e-mail: whalen@kav.cas.cz; ☎: 221 403 354;

Stage 2: Nationwide Finals by the French Institute in Prague based on a full application package;
IFP contact: Mr. Louis Augendre; e-mail: louis.augendre@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 2023
• 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 2023 Summary  
• Jean-Marie-Lehn Prize 2023 Guidelines  

• Currently enrolled in a Ph.D. study at a Czech institution or has defended his/her Ph.D. in 2023 or 2022;
• of Czech or Slovak nationality;
• younger than 33 years on 01 May 2023;
• 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 2024, and the internship must finished before 15 Dec 2024.
• 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: Jana Whalen; e-mail: whalen@kav.cas.cz; ☎: 221 403 354;

Stage 2: Nationwide Finals by the French Institute in Prague based on a full application package;
IFP contact: Mr. Louis Augendre; e-mail: louis.augendre@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 2023
• 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”.

• Sanofi Prize 2023 Summary  
• Sanofi Prize 2023 Guidelines