Travel Award
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 in the field of principles and new discoveries in the universe, which helps to grow their profile. The application process is open from April to December every year and winners will be announced at the end of February in the next year.
The Prize:
– CHF 500;
– A certificate.
Number of Winners: 2
Universe Travel Award
Application deadline: 31 December 2025
Winner announcement: 28 February 2026
Winner announcement: 28 February 2026
Eligibility and Requirements
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students;– Plans to attend an international conference in 2026 (oral presentation or poster).
List of Documents for Application
– Information of 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 the research (max. 800 words);
– Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Joshua Foo
Stevens Institute of Technology
Maria Rosa Preciado-Rivas
University of Waterloo
Award Committee
Dr. Lorenzo Iorio
Chairman
MIUR
Dr. Mate Csanad
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Institute of Physics
Prof. Nicolas Chamel
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Prof. Dr. Pengfei Chen
School of Astronomy & Space Science, Nanjing University
Prof. Gerald Cleaver
Baylor University
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
