Henri Becqurel prize for nuclear research 2025

EDF and the French Embassy in the Czech Republic organize a competition for the “Becquerel Prize in Nuclear Research” in 2025. The goal of this competition is to award the best PhD research work in nuclear research.

6 Feb 2025 Award

Criteria for selecting participants:

Their Ph.D. research is encompassed within the topic of nuclear research.
They are of Czech or Slovak nationality and are younger than 33 years old on May 1st, 2025.
They are currently enrolled in a doctorate cycle at a Czech institution of research and higher
education or they have defended their PhD dissertation in 2024 or 2025.
Their PhD studies do not collude with any work for the EDF.
They are the author of at least one scientific article published or accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed international periodical.

Important deadlines:

March 11, 2025 - applicants send their applications to the coordinator for MU prof. RNDr. Viktor Kanický, DrSc.
March 18, 2025 - the coordinator will select the two best candidates and report their names and contact information to the French Embassy in the Czech Republic.
April 8, 2025 - the two best candidates will send complete documentation for the application to the competition to e-mail lLatifa.hamani@ifp.cz.
May 17, 2025 - oral presentation of candidates before the evaluation committee

All application submission details and information can be found here.