VDSP Best Paper Award 2025

The “VDSP Best Paper Award” is awarded annually by the VDSP to raise awareness for notable contributions of VDSP students to the advancement of research in Physics. 

Eligibility Criteria

In this call, only publications will be considered which

  • Were published in peer-reviewed journals in the winter term 2024/2025 or summer term 2025
  • Were (co-)authored by active student members of the VDSP* at the time of submission to the journal
  • Discuss results stemming from the dissertation project of the VDSP student

Nominations

Nominations will be accepted only if

  • They are received before Wed, 12 Nov, by the webform below.
  • They are submitted by a supervisor, a VDSP mentor of the active VDSP student or the VDSP student themselves.

In the case a candidate publication is co-authored by multiple VDSP students, a joint nomination is permissible.

Award

The prize money amounts to EUR 1,000. In the case of multi-author publications, the monetary award will be divided equally between all active VDSP students who co-authored the winning publication.

Please note that if you are an employee of the University of Vienna, the award might be taxable and a certain amount might be deduced from your prize.

The awardee will be asked to deliver a highlight presentation at the doctoral project days (FÖP).

Selection

The VDSP Best Paper award is conferred for the most significant research publication of a VDSP student.

The selection from the candidate publications will be carried out by a majority vote by three members of the VDSP Selection Committee according to good practice. The members of the VDSP Selection Committee will be recused from the discussion in cases where they cannot act objectively. 

The final decision lies with the VDSP scientific director and their deputy based on this vote.

Submission Form VDPS Best Paper Award

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*Active VDSP students are students who

  • Are admitted to the doctoral study programme in Physics at the University of Vienna and
  • Have validated their VDSP membership by signing the Code of Good Practice
  • Have nominated a VDSP mentor and -depending on the admission date- have completed the FÖP, the annual progress report and annual mentor meeting within the set deadlines