Nominations have opened for two important awards: the Overijssel PhD award and the prof. De Winter award (female U(H)D’s), which will be officially presented during the Dies Natalis (27 November 2026). The deadline to submit nominations is the 25th of August, 2026. Let's use this chance to spotlight our colleagues!
Overijssel PhD Award
The Overijssel PhD award is the award for a doctoral thesis of outstanding academic quality and/or social relevance that can be considered as the start of a promising academic career. The Overijssel PhD Award is part-funded by the Province of Overijssel and has a value of €5,000. For further guidance on the assessment criteria, see the attachment.
Per Faculty we are allowed to nominate 1 excellent PhD thesis that was defended in the year 2025.
If promotors/co-promotors of your department would have a candidate, please send a complete submission following the criteria (attached) by email to our research support team, research-support-bms@utwente.nl latest August 25th. If selected, the faculty board will do the final submission.
Professor de Winter Award
The Professor de Winter award is for the best internationally refereed conference contribution or article in an internationally refereed academic journal, written by a woman assistant or associate professor. For the award, women assistant or associate professors can nominate their international articles or conference contributions.
Although female U(H)Ds can nominate international articles or conference contributions themselves, the professor of the group in which the academic is active must draw up a supporting statement for the nomination that is related to the assessment criteria. So, please stimulate your colleagues to submit their excellent research output!
Per Faculty we are allowed to nominate 1 candidate for this award, based on academic output between 1st of June 2025 and 31st of May 2026.
Please send a complete submission following the criteria (attached) by email to our research support team, research-support-bms@utwente.nl latest August 25th. If selected, the faculty board will do the final submission.
For both awards, we particularly encourage submissions that show a clear link with our BMS research focus. Please note the jury consists of a small advisory group of representatives of the different UT faculties and is chaired by the rector.
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