The Johannes Kepler University Linz created the JKU Young Researchers' Award in support of outstanding academic and scientific accomplishments to honor doctoral candidates as well as graduate students at the JKU Faculty of Medicine.

Current Call

The call for nominations is now open! Nominations can be made until April 13, 2023 at https://forms.jku.at/forschung/jkuyoungresearchersaward, opens an external URL in a new window.

The winners will be selected and notified by the Vice-Rectorate for Research, Gender and Diversity.

The JKU Young Researchers' Award will be presented during an awards ceremony at the JKU on July 3, 2023 at 5 pm.

Nominations are open to:

• All students enrolled in a doctorate degree program at the JKU or a Master's degree program at the JKU Faculty of Medicine at the time the call for nominations is announced
• Former students who were enrolled a doctorate degree program at the JKU or a Master's degree program at the JKU Faculty of Medicine (up to a maximum of 2 years after completing a doctorate / Master's degree in medicine at the time the call for nominations is announced, unless he/she has already received a different JKU award)

The nomination may be submitted by:

• Professors - or those holding a post-doc/[habilitation] degree - employed at the JKU (first supervisor, second supervisor, others who hold a post-doc/[habilitation] degree; in this case, however, the nomination should be associated with the nominee’s original department or academic/scientific work to be submitted
• Please use the forms available at: forms.jku.at (log in using your AK number and password)
• Only nominations submitted in a full and complete manner will be considered

Nomination criteria:

• The individual must be nominated ("most contributing author"); not the academic/scientific paper
• The focus is on outstanding scholarly work (completed dissertations or Master's degree thesis, accepted journal and book articles, or monographs)
• An unused number of awards (for a department) may be presented within the faculty
• The nomination criteria details are determined by the individual departments/deans' offices at the Faculty of Law or the Faculty of Medicine as well as the ranking. The ranking made by the departments/deans' offices will be forwarded via the deans' offices to the Vice-Rector for Research, Gender & Diversity. The Rectorate will render the final decision.

Law

Business Administration / Business Informatics

Social Sciences and Humanities

Economics

Chemistry and Polymer Engineering Technologies

Informatics

Mathematics

Mechatronics

Physics

Medicine

We would like to thank the following companies for their generous support of the 2021 JKU Young Researchers' Awards (in alphabetical order):
 

• AbbVie GmbH - Pharmaceutical Research & Development, opens an external URL in a new window
• Infineon Technologies Linz GmbH & Co KG, opens an external URL in a new window 
• Magna Powertrain Engineering Center Steyr GmbH & Co KG, opens an external URL in a new window
• Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich AG, opens an external URL in a new window
• Sanofi-Genzyme , opens an external URL in a new window
• Saxinger, Chalupsky und Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH, opens an external URL in a new window