Call for applications 2024

Call for applications

The award of 2.000 € will be granted to the best doctoral thesis that was publicly defended in 2023 and for which at least one of the co-directors is officially a member of ICTEAM (“membre affecté”).

Applications must be sent by e-mail to the ICTEAM secretariat (Nathalie.Ponet@uclouvain.be) by February 29, 2024 and include :

  • The PDF file of the doctoral thesis ;
  • A maximum one-page motivation letter written by the applicant in which he/she states what he/she believes to be the qualities of the thesis and the reasons why he/she should be granted the award ;
  • A short CV (5 pages max) listing scientific publications by categories (journal papers, book chapters, conference proceedings) as well as patents if relevant ;
  • The thesis report (communicated to the PhD Graduate following the public defense) ;
  • Two (2) supporting letters from experts outside of UCLouvain, preferably members of the thesis jury. The deadline to forward these letters is March 15, 2024. These letters must be sent by the candidate to the secretariat, by e-mail. The secretariat will send the applicant an acknowledgement of receipt for each letter of recommendation received. In the absence of such an acknowledgement of receipt, the letters will be deemed not to have been received, thus rendering the application inadmissible.

The result will be announced during the ICTEAM Day if possible, or during another event that will take place in 2024, and it will also be published on the Institute’s web site.

Thesis directors or co-directors are strongly encouraged to communicate the present call for applications to their eligible (ex) PhD students.

Read the regulations to know more.