Steven Karger Prize 2025
Requirement
Manuscripts and doctoral dissertations accepted for publication can be submitted. A publication based on a master's thesis can also be submitted, provided that the master's student is the lead author of the respective publication. The publication must be from the calendar year 2024.
Required attachments
- Publication
- Cover letter with max. 1-page summary of the work and justification of the academic relevance
- Letter of Support (optional)
- Please submit the attachments as a single PDF file.
Application period
14.04.2025
Prize money
The prize money is CHF 5,000.
Do you have questions about the individual prizes?
The Office of the Dean of Research will be happy to help you.
How do I submit my application?
- Please send your application (1 PDF file) by e-mail by the deadline (see button below).
- Please mention your first and last name as well as the prize you are applying for in the subject line.
- Unfortunately, applications received after the deadline cannot be considered.
FAQs Steven Karger Prize
Yes, that is possible. The call for proposals reads: Manuscripts and doctoral dissertations accepted for publication can be submitted.
No, unfortunately, an application cannot be submitted. The publication has only been accepted in the year of the call. Please submit it next year. Thank you very much!
All application documents can be submitted in either German or English.
Papers often appear first as "online-first", e.g. in 2022, but the actual volume with the paper is published only in 2023. On the other hand, the paper could have been "online-first" in 2021 and then published in the actual journal volume in 2022.
Yes, since the publication must be accepted or published in the relevant calendar year. Therefore, the second example, where the paper was already available as "online-first" in the previous year and published in the calendar year, is also acceptable.