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BiR&D Cross-Disciplinary PhD Thesis Awards
Deadline : 01.02.2023
Periodicity : annual
Theme : PhD thesis that presents an original contribution with potential industrial valorisation within a 5-year period and a cross-disciplinary approach. Two Awards in the domain of Life & Health Sciences, two Awards in the domain of Science & Technology.
Award level : PhD thesis
Award coverage : Belgium
Amount : 4 x 5.000 €
Documents : Regulations - Recipients (only in FR) - Press release
Antonella Karlson Prize
Deadline: 01.03.2023
Periodicity: biennial
Theme: Doctoral thesis in natural sciences, including physics, chemistry, mathematics, IT and applied sciences
Nominees: Wallonia-Brussels Federation – Thesis defended over the course of the two calendar years preceding the introduction date of the Prize
Award: €5,000
Documents: Regulations (only in FR) - Press release (only in FR) - Recipients (only in FR)
Prize for Applied Chemistry
Deadline: 04.04.2022
Periodicity: biennial
Theme: Doctoral thesis on an original study covering new concepts and/or applications in the chemical industry
Nominees: Wallonia-Brussels Federation and the Royal Military Academy (Belgium) – maximum of 2 years after the defence of doctoral thesis
Award: €4,000
Documents : Regulations (only in FR) - Recipients (only in FR)
Nokia Bell Scientific Award
Deadline: 12.04.2023
Periodicity: annual
Theme: PhD thesis in the field of information and communication technologies in one of these topics : Fixed and wireless communication, Optical communication, Signal processing, Big data and analytics, Edge and cloud computing, Artificial/augmented intelligence, Software engineering for cyber-physical systems, Artificial Intelligence assisted software development.
Nominees: Belgium
Award: €8,000
Documents : Regulations - Recipients (only in FR)
IBM Innovation Award
Deadline : 13.03.2023
Periodicity : annual
Theme : Outstanding PhD thesis that presents an original contribution to informatics or its applications, in one of the following fields: artificial intelligence, analytics & big data, cyber security, (hybrid) cloud computing, quantum computing.
Award level : PhD thesis
Award coverage : Federation Wallonia-Brussels
Amount : 5.000 €
Documents : Regulations - Recipients (only in FR) - Awards ceremony booklet
McKinsey & Company Scientific Award
Deadline: 01.03.2023
Periodicity: annual
Theme: Pertinence sociale et économique ou applicabilité concrète d'une thèse en sciences exactes, sciences appliquées, sciences sociales, économiques ou de gestion, ou sciences biomédicales
Nominees: (2 Prizes): Belgium - Doctoral thesis - one per Language Community
Award: €5,000
Documents: Regulations (only in FR) - Recipients (only in FR) - Awards ceremony booklet
SCK CEN Chair Roger Van Geen
Deadline: 17.04.2023
Periodicity: biennial
Theme: Nuclear energy and/or nuclear radiation: both technically oriented research and socio-economic research
Award level: Postdoctoral level or higher
Award coverage: Worldwide
Amount: €12,500
Documents: Regulations - Recipients (only in FR)
