The KIT Center Information · Systems · Technologies (KCIST), in cooperation with the KIT Foundation, awards two prizes funded by the Gisela and Erwin Sick Foundation to honor excellent scientific work in the research field of KCIST:

• The Science Award of the Gisela and Erwin Sick Foundation for the best dissertation,
• The Science Award of the Gisela and Erwin Sick Foundation for the best thesis (Bachelor or Master).

Both fundamental and application-oriented work in the KCIST research area can be awarded. An overview of the KCIST research activities can be found on the website.

Eligibility
Only KIT doctoral candidates as well as master or bachelor students enrolled at KIT can apply for the award. 

Application
the following documents as a single PDF file by e-mail to info∂kcist.kit.edu need to be submitted (in English or German) :

• Formless application with the following information:
  • Name and contact details of the candidate
  • Title, date and final mark of the dissertation/thesis
• Curriculum vitae in tabular form
• Electronic version of the dissertation/thesis
• Personal statement (1000 – 1500 characters incl. blanks):
  • Why is the dissertation/thesis worth an award?
  • What is new compared to the state of the art? (only for doctoral thesis)
• Letter of recommendation (½ page) of the PhD or thesis supervisor (can be submitted in a separate e-mail)

The next deadline for application will be published soon.

Selection criteria

• Innovation and originality
• Importance of the topic
• Contribution compared to the state-of-the-art (only for doctoral thesis)
• Quality of the results
• Overall impression
  • clarity, graphics, pictures, consitency,... of the dissertation/thesis
  • application documents

Submission by e-mail: info∂kcist.kit.edu

The review committee consists of KCIST members.

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