ETAPS Doctoral Dissertation Award 2027 -- Call for Nominations
The deadline for nominations is January 13th, 2027. Eligible for the award is any PhD student whose doctoral dissertation includes a formal publication at ETAPS or iFM and who completed their doctoral degree in the period from January 1st, 2026 to December 31st, 2026.
in Other events by Caterina Urban on October 20, 2026

The European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software Association has established a Doctoral Dissertation Award to promote and recognize outstanding dissertations in the research areas covered by the four main ETAPS conferences (ESOP, FoSSaCS, iFS, and TACAS).

Doctoral dissertations are evaluated with respect to originality, relevance, and impact to the field, as well as the degree of reproducibility (where this applies). The award winner will receive a monetary prize and will be recognized at the ETAPS Banquet.

Eligibility
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Eligible for the award is any PhD student whose doctoral dissertation includes a formal publication at ETAPS or iFM and who completed their doctoral degree in the period from January 1st, 2026 to December 31st, 2026. 

Nominations
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Award candidates should be nominated by their supervisor. Members of the Award Committee are not allowed to nominate their own PhD students for the award.

Nominations consist of a single PDF file (extension .pdf) containing:
* name and email address of the candidate
* a short curriculum vitae of the candidate
* name and email address of the supervisor
* an endorsement letter from the supervisor
* the final version of the doctoral dissertation
* institution and department that has awarded the doctorate
* a document certifying that the doctoral degree was successfully completed within the eligibility period 
* a report from at least one examiner of the dissertation who is not affiliated with the candidate's institution
* (optional) extra endorsement letters 

All documents must be written in English. 
Nominations should be submitted via EasyChair:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=etapsdda2027

The deadline for nominations is January 13th, 2027.

Award Committee
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Caterina Urban (co-chair)
Raphaël Monat (co-chair)
Nobuko Yoshida (representing ESOP)
Andrzej Murawski (representing FoSSaCS)
Marie-Christine Jakobs (representing iFS)
Kim Larsen (representing TACAS)
Laura Kovacs
Thom Badings

Contact
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All questions about submissions should be emailed to the co-chairs of the award committee, Caterina Urban <caterina.urban@inria.fr> and Raphaël Monat <raphael.monat@inria.fr>.