Thursday, 24 March 2022 The call for the dr. Uroš Seljak Award is open

The award is designed to encourage and support scientific publications of students in first- and second-cycle study programs in Slovenia, and to encourage mentoring students.

Candidates for the award can only be nominated by individuals who have the title of higher education professor or researcher. The proposed candidate must meet the following conditions: they must be enrolled in the first- and second-cycle study programs at one of the higher education institutions in Slovenia during the time of their research work that led to the scientific publication; their work needs to be published and not only submitted for publishing.

Application deadline is April 30, 2022, by 11:59 p.m.

The winner receives a certificate of recognition for the best scientific publication for the first- and second-cycle study programs and $ 10,000 in cash.

The mentor of the winning student receives a plaque.

The award winner will be selected based on the following criteria:

• Demonstrated relevance of the publication, indicating further advances in science in a specific field in Slovenia or abroad,
• Notable importance of a scientific publication in terms of its innovation,
• High impact factor (citations).

More information and application forms available at this link (only in Slovene).