Dear Colleagues,

The journal Informatics is inviting applications for the Informatics 2022 Best PhD Thesis Award. This prize will be awarded to a PhD student or doctor who has produced a thesis with high anticipated academic potential. The applications will be assessed by an evaluation committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Antony Bryant.

Eligibility Requirements:
– The candidate must be a PhD student or a doctor who has produced a thesis with high anticipated academic potential.
– The PhD thesis must be their original work.
– The PhD thesis must be defended in 2022.
– Applicants are required to submit the following documents:

1. An executive summary of the PhD thesis in English of around 3000 words;
2. A letter from the PhD supervisor recommending the candidate for consideration for this award;
3. The candidate’s CV, including a list of publications connected with the thesis;
4. An electronic copy of the PhD thesis;
5. 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).

Selection Criteria:
– Quality of resume and publications;
– Relevance of the candidate and research description;
– Novelty of the candidate’s PhD thesis;
– Strength of the recommendation letter;
– Anticipated academic potential;
– Originality and impact of the research.

Prizes
– Bonus (CHF 800);
– A certificate;
– An offer to publish a paper in Informatics with the article processing charge (APC) waived before the end of 2023.

The application deadline is 31 January 2023. The winner will be announced on the Informatics website by the end of March 2023.

Dear Colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of Informatics, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 Informatics Travel Award.

The members of the Evaluation Committee were very impressed with the high level of work presented, and after careful consideration, the Travel Award has been granted to Ms. Ramya Rangan, a Ph.D. student at Stanford University, Stanford, USA, who is focusing on developing improved methods for predicting and designing RNA structures.

The winner will receive 800 Swiss Francs to be used to attend the International RNA Society conference, 11–16 June 2019, in Krakow, Poland.

It was a difficult decision, given the exceptional quality of more than 50 applications for the awards. On behalf of the award committee, I would like to thank all applicants and to congratulate Ms. Ramya Rangan for her accomplishments.

Professor Dr. Antony Bryant,

Editor-in-Chief