Call for applications 2025

ICTEAM Best Thesis Award - Call for applications 

The award of 2.000 € will be granted to the best doctoral thesis that was publicly defended in 2024 and for which at least one of the co-directors is officially a member of ICTEAM (“membre affecté”).

Applications must be sent by e-mail to the ICTEAM secretariat (Nathalie.Ponet@uclouvain.be) by February 28, 2025 and include :

• The PDF file of the doctoral thesis ;
• A maximum one-page motivation letter written by the applicant in which he/she states what he/she believes to be the qualities of the thesis and the reasons why he/she should be granted the award ;
• A short CV (5 pages max) mentioning the probable professional status (postdoctorate, company, industry, sabbatical year etc.) of the candidate after the teis (if this status is known at the time of submission) and listing scientific publications by categories (journal papers, book chapters, conference proceedings) as well as patents if relevant ;
• A presentation of two scientific contributions of the candidate, at his/her best choice (preprint article, patent, software, reproducible research artefact), in ten lines for each contribution.
  The aim of the candidate's presentation will be to (i) summarise the scientific contribution in simple terms, (ii) describe the role the candidate played in its creation and (iii) explain its impact. The scientific contributions submitted should be attached to the document wherever possible ;
• The thesis report (communicated to the PhD Graduate following the public defense) ;
• Two (2) supporting letters from experts outside of UCLouvain, preferably members of the thesis jury. These letters must be sent by their authors to the secretariat, by e-mail, by March 14, 2025. The secretariat will send the applicant an acknowledgement of receipt for each letter of recommendation received. In the absence of such an acknowledgement of receipt, the letters will be deemed not to have been received. The application will still be accepted if only one letter is received.

The result will be announced during the ICTEAM Day if possible, or during another event that will take place in 2025, and it will also be published on the Institute’s web site.

Thesis directors or co-directors are strongly encouraged to communicate the present call for applications to their eligible (ex) PhD students.

Read the regulations to know more.