KWG PhD Prize: Call for submissions
for the best presentation of PhD research in mathematics
Each year the Royal Dutch Mathematical Society (KWG) organizes the KWG PhD prize for the best presentation of PhD research in mathematics. The PhD prize competition is open to PhD candidates in mathematics from all universities in the Netherlands and CWI, provided their thesis defense date is after 28 February 2025.
A jury of mathematicians from various fields chooses a winner, who receives besides the prestige of winning, an exchange trophy and a monetary reward. Former winners can be found here.
You are kindly invited to participate!
Procedure
In order to enter the competition please
- send an extended abstract (two pages at a maximum) and a short CV (one page maximum) to the following email address: contact@mathematischcongres.nl (using “KWG PhD prize” as the subject);
- ask your daily supervisor to send a concise letter of recommendation to the same address (contact@mathematischcongres.nl).
The deadline for proposals is 31 March 2025.
The jury will review the submissions and will make a short-list of four candidates who will be invited to give a presentation of 10 minutes (+ 5 minutes for discussion) at the NMC 2025. The PhD prize presentations are scheduled for the morning of Wednesday 23 April 2025. From the four invited candidates the jury will select the prize winner. The main criterion for being invited is the quality of the PhD research, the main criterion for winning the prize is the capability to present the research to a broad mathematical audience. A PhD candidate should be well-advanced in her/his research (third/fourth year) to have a good chance of being invited.
This year the jury consists of:
- Francesca Arici (GQT, UL)
- Johan Commelin (DIAMANT, UU)
- Oliver Fabert (chair, VUA)
- Richard Kraaij (STAR, TUD)
- Lisa Kusch (NDNS+, TU/e)