Travel Award

The application deadline of the Universe Travel Award has been extended. Entries will be accepted until 31 December 2024. We are looking forward to applications from all over the world.


The Universe Travel Award was launched in 2017, and it is presented every year to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences celebrating the field of principles and new discoveries in the universe, helping to grow their profiles. The application process is open from April to October every year, and the winners are announced by the end of December.

The Prize:
– CHF 500;
– A certificate.

Number of Winners: 2

 
Universe Travel Award
 
Application deadline: 31 December 2024
Winner announcement: 28 February 2025

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 on 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 their research (max. 800 words);
– Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director or department head that also confirms the applicant’s status.

 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

William Giarè
University of Sheffield, UK
José Polo-Gómez
University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Portugal

Award Committee

Dr. Lorenzo Iorio Chairman
MIUR
Prof. Dr. Kazuharu Bamba
Fukushima University
Dr. Roman Pasechnik
Lund university
Prof. Gerald Cleaver
Baylor University
Prof. David Blaschke
University of Wroclaw

Winner

Ehsan Hatefi
Scuola Normale Superiore and I.N.F.N, Italy Jilin University, China
Angel Rincon
Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile

Award Committee

Dr. Lorenzo Iorio Chairman
MIUR
Prof. Gonzalo J. Olmo
Universitat de València
Prof. Dr. Kazuharu Bamba
Fukushima University
Prof. Banibrata Mukhopadhyay
Indian Institute of Science
Prof. Dr. Igor Dremin
Lebedev Physical Institute
Prof. Shinji Mukohyama

Winner

Mariana Carrillo Gonzalez
University of Pensylvania, USA
Mahdis Ghodrati
Yangzhou University, China

Winner

Yaghoub Heydarzade
Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Iran
Scott Melville
Imperial College London, UK

Winner

Chien-Hsiu Lee
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan,Japan
Garrett Goon
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
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