Call for Nominations 2024 TUBA Academy Prizes

Call for Nominations 2024 TUBA Academy Prizes

Nominations for 2024 TÜBA Academy Prizes, launched in 2015 in appreciation and encouragement of eminent scientists, are now open. TÜBA Academy Prizes are annually awarded to the nominated scientists in one of the following categories of sciences namely;

1) Basic and Engineering Sciences, 2) Health and Life Sciences and 3) Social Sciences and Humanities. 

One prize is awarded in each category and every year one of the prizes is awarded to scientists related with Türkiye or Turkish issues, meaning those who work in Türkiye and/or study Turkish. Academy Prize in Social Sciences and Humanities is designated as the Türkiye related (researchs and studies) prize for this year. TÜBA Academy Prizes are given to those scientists with original, leading and path-breaking works in their fields. Nominations are made by TÜBA members, science academies and inter-academy organizations and other science institutions which are related with TÜBA. 

Members of TÜBA and those who take part in the evaluation process of the prizes cannot be nominated. The nominees shouldn’t have received any another science award from public institutions and organizations in Türkiye for last three years. The nominees are evaluated by a Prize Committee in each category. The Committees, composed of TÜBA members and renowned scientists, examine the works of the candidates via a rigorous process involving peer-review and identify the possible prize laureates. The laureates are announced by the Academy Council of TÜBA. In accordance with the Academy Awards Rules and Procedures, the Academy Awards, consisting of the Academy Prize Medal and Certificate, and a monetary prize determined by the Academy Council each year, will be presented to the laureates at a ceremony held at the Presidential Complex under the auspices of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye. 

For further information, please see the following link; https://www.tuba.gov.tr/en/tuba-awards/tuba-academy-prizes

Nominations for 2024 Academy Prizes are open till 3 May 2024. The Prize Ceremony will be held under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Türkiye.