Apply to the Bertalanffy Doctoral Student Award @ FRCCS 2025
Hocine Cherifi
The Bertalanffy Doctoral Student Award is part of CSS FRANCE's global initiative to support early career researchers in their quest to advance the frontiers of science across a broad range of disciplines. It is in place to recognize early career contributions and leadership in research in Complex Systems related fields. It is awarded to young researchers enrolled in a Ph.D. program.
This competition consists of presenting your research in simple terms in a five-minute video to a lay audience. Your presentation should be clear, concise, and convincing.
Eligibility
- Eligible candidates must:
- Be under 30.
- Be enrolled in a Ph.D. program in whatever discipline Complex Systems covers.
- Commit to presenting their work at France's International Conference on Complex Systems ( FRCCS 2025) if awarded
- Accept and authorize the use and distribution of videos and photos related to the competition, including on social networks
- Have informed their thesis supervisor of their participation in the competition
- Present a sufficiently advanced state of the doctoral research project
- Individuals may only be candidates for this award once in their lifetime.
Important dates
· Application deadline: March 11, 2025
· Notification to applicants: April 02, 2025
Application Instruction
The application package must contain the following:
- A CV of the candidate (maximum two pages)
- A summary (maximum two pages) presenting the research work, its context, main contribution, and scientific impact.
- A 5-minute video presentation.
Application Process
Applications are made via a Google form on the online portal.
Note that Google Forms requires you to be signed in to a Google account to upload files and submit your responses.
Selection Process
FRCCS Award Committee will evaluate all qualified candidates and propose the winner to the Advisory Board of CSS FRANCE, which will make the final decision.
Award Procedure
· The awardee will be recognized and present their work at FRCCS 2025.
· The awardee will receive a 500-euro prize.
· If the awardee is not an author at FRCCS 2025, the prize will include an additional coverage of their registration fee.
· If the awardee has an accepted submission to FRCCS 2025,, they need to pay the registration fee for their contribution.
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