MDPI Awards

Eligibility for the Award

– All Editorial Board Members, excluding EiC and Section EiC;
– Contributions in 2025 qualify EBMs for the award.

Eligibility and Requirements

• The candidate must be a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential;
• The PhD thesis must be their original work;
• The PhD thesis must be defended in 2024.

List of Documents for Application

• An executive summary of the PhD thesis in English of around 3000 words;
• A letter from the PhD supervisor recommending the candidate for consideration for this award;
• The candidate’s CV, including a list of publications connected with the thesis;
• An electronic copy of the PhD thesis;
• A scanned copy of the PhD diploma (or certificate of studying at a school or research institute as a PhD student going to graduate or participate in graduation thesis defenses).

Eligibility and Requirements

List of Documents for Application

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

– All of the reviewers for Biomimetics in 2025 will be automatically included;
– Number of review reports;
– The quality and timeliness of review reports.

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

– All of the reviewers for Religions in 2025 will be automatically included;
– Number of review reports;
– The quality and timeliness of review reports.

Eligibility and Requirements

Selection Criteria

– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

Eligibility and Selection Criteria:

Eligibility and Requirements

– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students;
– Plans to attend an international conference in 2026 (oral presentation or poster).

List of Documents for Application

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

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– Have peer-reviewed for Forecasting in 2025;
– Number of review reports;
– Quality and timeliness of review reports.

Eligibility and Requirements

– The candidate must be a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential;

– The PhD thesis must be their original work;

– The PhD thesis must be defended in 2025.

List of Documents for Application

– An executive summary of the PhD thesis in English of around 3000 words;

– A letter from the PhD supervisor recommending the candidate for consideration for this award;

– The candidate’s CV, including a list of publications connected with the thesis;

– An electronic copy of the PhD thesis;

– A scanned copy of the PhD diploma (or certificate of studying at a school or research institute as a PhD student going to graduate or participate in graduation thesis defenses).

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

Eligibility and Selection Criteria:

– All of the reviewers for Telecom in the 2025 will be automatically included;
– Number of review reports;
– The quality and timeliness of review reports.

Eligibility and Requirements

List of Documents for Application

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

Eligibility and Requirements

List of Documents for Application

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Geosciences will be eligible (both regular and Special Issue submissions).

Selection Criteria

– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

Eligibility and Requirements

Eligibility and Requirements

List of Documents for Application

Eligibility and Requirements

List of Documents for Nomination

Eligibility and Requirements

List of Documents for Nomination

Eligibility and Requirements

Selection Criteria

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

– All of the reviewers for Toxics in 2024 will be automatically included;
– Number of review reports;
– The quality and timeliness of review reports.

Eligibility and Requirements

• The candidate must be a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential;
• The PhD thesis must be their original work;
• The PhD thesis must be defended in 2024.

List of Documents for Application

• An executive summary of the PhD thesis in English of around 3000 words;
• A letter from the PhD supervisor recommending the candidate for consideration for this award;
• The candidate’s CV, including a list of publications connected with the thesis;
• An electronic copy of the PhD thesis;
• A scanned copy of the PhD diploma (or certificate of studying at a school or research institute as a PhD student going to graduate or participate in their graduation thesis defense).

What are the pre-requisites to be eligible for this award?

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

– All of the reviewers for Materials in the 2024 will be automatically included;
– Number of review reports;
– The quality and timeliness of review reports.

What are the pre-requisites to be eligible for this award?

Eligibility and Requirements

List of Documents for Nomination

Eligibility and Requirements

– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students;
– Plans to attend an international conference in 2025 (oral presentation or poster).

List of Documents for Application

– Information of the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted;
– Curriculum Vitae and list of publications;
– Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words);
– Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status.