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The UGO Gerhard-Wachsmann-Prize is held every two years, by the University Society Oldenburg (UGO), in memory of Gerhard Wachsmann. It includes a prize worth € 2,000 for outstanding dissertations. This UGO award honors outstanding scientific work of young members and graduates of the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg. The selection is based on suggestions from professors. A self-proposal is not possible. In addition to a copy of the habilitation, doctorate or exam thesis, two opinions and a recommendation are to be submitted stating why the proposed work is so excellent within the scope of their field of expertise. The board decides on the winners of the award.

The eResult Usability-Contest aims to promote talents in usability research. Eresult GmbH cordially invites students, scientists and designers from the broad field of usability research to submit their bachelor's, master's or diploma, master's theses. Sought after is also work from research projects and studies as well as design concepts. Of course, doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers can also participate in the Usability Contest. A total of 7,000 euros in prize money is waiting to be distributed to the future winners. As in previous years, there are two prizes to choose from: eresult Science Award The eresult Science Award is awarded for outstanding scientific work in the field of usability research. Bachelor / Master theses, diploma/master theses, dissertations/habilitations and research papers from August 2014 on insights into the user-friendly design of interactive applications (web, mobile applications, software) as well as methods of usability research are desirable. eresult Design Award Theses can be submitted for theses, research projects, study projects and design concepts, which are characterized by creative and innovative design concepts for the realization of interactive applications (websites, mobile applications, software). In addition to finished concepts and layouts, wireframes, storyboards and click dummies can also be submitted. Both awards include a 1st prize amounting to 1,500 euros, 2nd prize 600 euros and 3rd prize 400 euros. For the award of the prizes only non-commercial works are considered.

The Gimmler Logistics Foundation gGmbH awards an exam prize for the best thesis in the logistics and legal interface area. The prize itself includes a grant of 2,000 €. In addition, the award-winning work will be published as part of the Gimmler LOGiSCIENCE © series. To be eligible, applicants must have produced either bachelor theses, master theses, diploma theses, dissertations or similar works in the relevant logistic topics with contractual relation. This must not explicitly be a jurisprudential work. The combination of logistical and business administration with legal subjects is especially interesting. Specifically, for example, topics such as quantity regulations, CIP rules, service level agreements or the consideration of liability or tax consequences of contract design alternatives. Examination of the contents of the exam is carried out in two stages: for a preliminary examination, the title, the structure, and proof of grade are sufficient. If a sufficient reference to the topic area of ​​the exam price is determined by the prize committee, the complete thesis can be submitted. The award winners also agree to make the award-winning work of the Gimmler Logistik Stiftung gGmbH available free of charge for publication within a new foundation series in the sense of a simple, temporally, substantively and spatially unlimited and non-exclusive right of use. The Koblenz Foundation deals with research projects as well as further education and training in the field of logistics and law. In the past, they have specifically promoted various research and theses. With the invitation to tender for the Gimmler Exam Prize, the foundation is placing its young talent promotion on another foothold towards future success.

The BVL has been awarding this young talent award for outstanding bachelor and master theses since 2010. The Thesis Award can be awarded to up to 50 young logistics professionals. Only professors of logistics institutes at universities, colleges, universities of applied sciences and vocational academies have the opportunity to award outstanding theses and thus outstanding junior logistics and logisticians. The Thesis Conference will again be the meeting place and discussion platform for graduates and young professionals at the German Logistics Congress 2019. Selected works are presented and there is the possibility to receive further suggestions for career planning. The prize will be awarded for the 10th time this year. Some winners have been honored for both their bachelor's and master's theses. Among the winners are the later winners of the Science Award Logistics Dr.-Ing Max Gath (University of Bremen) and Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Rank (TU Dresden).

The Jürgen Saße Award is given annually to a student working on a diploma, state examination, masters, or doctoral thesis dealing with indigenous peoples in Canada. The price of EUR 1000 is a financial grant for project-related academic studies in Canada. Application is open to students from all disciplines (e.g. Art, Linguistics, Geology, Geography, Anthropology) whose theses require a research stay in Canada. The board or an appointed committee decide on awarding the prize. The family of Jürgen Saße expresses the wish to meet the winner in person and to see the completed work. This is not only a fantastic research opportunity but would enhance any CV or college application.

The Dr. Feldbausch Foundation was founded in 1994, and is based in Landau in the Palatinate. The purpose of the foundation is the promotion of science and research, art and culture and broadcasting as well as education and training at state or state-recognized universities and colleges in Germany. In addition, it supports the financing of university libraries and exceptional exhibits for museums as well as other scientific, international projects. These aims are realised in the awarding of the Art and Culture Prize - an award of 5,000 euros for scientific achievements, outstanding theses, and voluntary commitment to the cultural life of the city.

The Goldmedia Prize is awarded to applicants who present innovative theses in the field of media management. The Goldmedia Consulting and Research Group is issuing this prize for the fourth time in 2019. Graduates who have graduated in the year of the tender or in the previous year (BA, Master, Diploma, MA, Staatsexamen, Dissertation, MBA, etc.) can apply online to Goldmedia. Goldmedia is a consulting and research group focusing on media, entertainment, sports business and telecommunications. Since 1998, the group has been supporting national and international clients in all aspects of digital transformation. Goldmedia offers a wide range of services in the areas of consulting, research, personnel and political consulting. Locations are Berlin and Munich. The prize itself is worth a total of 1,500 euros and can be distributed to up to three winners - it is open for German and English speaking works from different disciplines (eg journalism, communication science, media management, media management, media law, business administration, economics, information science, media computer science, etc.).

The Society for Computer Science in Agriculture, Forestry and Food Industry (GIL) is a scientific society for the promotion of agricultural informatics. Agricultural computer science is an applied computer science that deals with the design, use and evaluation of information systems in the agriculture, forestry and food industry. These information systems will help decision-makers, companies and organizations (including governmental and non-governmental institutions) to carry out their tasks and achieve their goals. The department Max-Eyth-Gesellschaft Agrartechnik of the Association of German Engineers (VDI-MEG) annually awards the Max Eyth Young Talent Award. The winner is awarded for the best degree in agricultural engineering (Bachelor, Master or Diploma). The submission is open to university professors who represent the field of agricultural engineering or who supervise an agricultural subject of a thesis. To participate in the call for proposals, an opinion showing the particular importance of the work in agricultural engineering and three copies of the final paper are required. The award is accompanied by a public award and a cash bonus of € 600. Every year, the four best bachelors, masters or diploma theses in the field of agricultural engineering receive the Max Eyth Young Talent Prize. The prize is awarded by the Association of German Engineers (VDI).

The foundation was founded in 1993 by Professor Dr. Ing. Klaus Rother from the estate of the mother of geology student Bernd Rendel, who died at the age of 26 years. The purpose of the foundation is to promote science and research in the field of geology, especially petroleum geology. In cooperation with the DFG, the foundation has been awarding the Bernd-Rendel-Prize to non-doctoral junior geoscientists with university degrees (geology, mineralogy, geophysics, marine geosciences, geodesy) since 2002. The criteria for awarding the prize are the quality and originality of the previous research work, which, however, need not be completed. Special attention should be given to the selected research approach as well as the scientific potential of the candidate. The Bernd-Rendel Prize is currently endowed with € 1,000 per winner. The amount of the prize money depends on the annual income of the foundation and thus on the general interest rate. The Bernd-Rendel Prize is a prize for junior scientists in the field of geosciences , awarded annually by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft . The award recognizes non- doctoral researchers for the "quality and originality" of their previous work.

Since 1994, numerous projects have been funded for outstanding work in the fields of energy, industrial gases and sensible environmental protection. The Tyczka group has existed for over 90 years and covers their investment companies the many focal points a service-oriented energy supplier and an efficient, high-growth industrial gases company. For the fields of energy supply, industrial gases as well as services offer the individual companies competent and powerful solutions for their customers. An essential pillar of corporate activities is the distribution and trading of the energy LPG of course in conjunction with innovative engineering. Through the Tyczka Energy Foundation in cooperation with the Technical University of Munich and the university Zittau/Görlitz in the categories of energy price or industrial gas price, consideration is given to work from universities and colleges, and university-related research institutions, that deal with environmentally friendly energy generation, supply and application employ, the focus of the energy category is in particular, working with practical or implemented energy saving concepts. The prize includes a grant of 5,000 euros. The division of the prize money is at the discretion of the jury.

The prize, donated by the Willy-Hager-Stiftung, is awarded annually by DECHEMA and the Department of Water Chemistry of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker. The award recognizes outstanding work by young scientists in the field of water treatment and wastewater treatment. The Willy Hager Prize is awarded for outstanding work in the field of water or wastewater treatment. The Willy Hager Prize annually honors younger scientists for outstanding work in the field of process engineering in (industrial) water or wastewater treatment. In the work, the procedural problem-solving should usually be in the foreground. Typically, these are doctoral theses. However, collaborative work of several scientists may also be submitted. The work should have been no longer than three years ago and had been carried out at a German university. The Willy Hager Prize includes a grant amounting to €6,000. Half of this amount is shared between the winner and the higher education institution where the work was carried out.

The Foundation for Stone-Earth-Mining and Environment awards its prize on an annual basis, which recognizes scientific work and outstanding achievements in the fields of rock-earth mining and environmental protection. 16 entries from nine federal states and a contribution from Austria were received by the foundation during the last competition. This year, the nine-member jury awarded three submissions for a total of 7,000 euros in prize money. The purpose of the call for tenders is to promote scientific work, as well as to recognize achievements and merits in the areas of economically and environmentally sustainable supply of stone and earth resources and the preservation of sustainable development opportunities. For this purpose, the foundation awards corresponding promotion prizes every two years. The papers to be submitted should deal with ecological, economic and technical issues, in particular with questions dealing with environmentally sound and economical supply of raw materials, energy efficiency, the protection of natural resources and the provision of raw materials, the design and restoration of areas affected by mining, with special regard to biodiversity, and regional planning. The work should contribute to the promotion of these concerns and may also address sub-issues. The next competition will start in the spring of 2020. The prize winners were honored together with the Foundation Board member Thomas Steglich, and Advisory Board Member and Secretary of State Stefan Brangs (Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Transport) at the international conference "Innovations for a responsible mining of raw materials in opencast mining" in Freiberg/Saxony.

The Ernst Kuntze Prize serves to promote young scientists and practitioners for work and inventions that lead to practical improvements in the work areas of the association. In recognition of the great merit that Dr.-Ing. Eh Ernst Kuntze, President of the Sewage Technology Association eV from 1969 to 1985, has acquired the development and reputation of ATV and DWA in Germany and abroad, the DWA donated the Ernst Kuntze Prize.The DWA first awarded the prize, named after its longtime president Ernst Kuntze, in 1988. He distinguishes works and inventions that lead to significant improvements in the work areas of the association. If, in the opinion of the jury, there are several outstanding works, in addition to the prize up to two prizes can be awarded with a cash prize of 2,000 EUR. Works in question must serve the improvement of wastewater engineering, in particular also works to improve the operation of wastewater plants and its safety. Certificate and amount of EUR 5,000; a commendation is endowed with 2,000 EUR.

The OECOTROPHICA Prize is awarded annually for outstanding theses. The VDOE awards outstanding doctoral and master's theses. The aim is to promote young scientists and to promote outstanding scientific work. Founder is the Federation for Food Law and Food Science (BLL) . The prize is awarded to a doctoral thesis in the field of nutritional behavior / consumer research and a doctoral thesis in the field of human nutrition with 1,750 euros each, as well as the best master's thesis from the mentioned fields with 750 euros each. This is a great opportunity for young scientists to apply for a highly prestigious prize that can prove to be very beneficial for their future careers and would enhance any college application.

Each year, Max Buchner Research Foundation Prize for Technical Chemistry at universities of applied sciences recognises up to five outstanding diploma theses in the fields of chemical engineering and biotechnology at universities of applied sciences and corresponding diploma courses at comprehensive universities. The Max Buchner Research Foundation was established in 1936 and was named after the founder of DECHEMA. This was the basis for the active research promotion of DECHEMA through their committees in the fields of chemical engineering, process engineering, biotechnology and environmental protection.The approved non-profit foundation is honorarily administrated by DECHEMA e.V. The winners receive a certificate and prize money of €500. In addition, further diploma theses can be awarded a book prize. Since 2006, bachelor and master theses can also be submitted by the universities of applied sciences. When assessing the value for money, the diploma, master and bachelor theses are considered separately. This award has been awarded since 1989 by decision of the Administrative Committee of the Max Buchner Research Foundation. A jury of professors from various colleges selects the winners. Assessment criteria are the implementation of engineering, basic knowledge of the practice, experimental skills and the interpretation of the results.

This prize is awarded for outstanding research in technical chemistry, process engineering, biotechnology and chemical apparatus. In doing so, special consideration will be given to the work of younger scientists, at the early stage of their careers who, for example, do not yet have a permanent professorship or a corresponding position in industry or research institutions. Originality as well as scientific and technical progress are considered important aspects of the assessment. The work should preferably have been carried out at European university institutes, scientific research institutes or in industrial activity. The prize (from 2018) has included a grant of 20,000 euros. This is a highly prestigious award that offers a fantastic opportunity to enhance your skill sets and future applications.

The Klaus Grohe Foundation, established by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), awards two prizes to outstanding young scientists working in the field of medical chemistry / drug discovery. Candidate proposals as well as self-nominations for the prize of 2000 euros each can be submitted until early January of each year. The 2019 award ceremony took place at the International Symposium "Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry", in Würzburg. The founder, during his professional career as a research chemist at Bayer AG, Klaus Grohe (1934) developed important innovative medicines with great success. In 2001, the couple Klaus and Eva Grohe set up the Klaus Grohe Foundation at the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, which aims to encourage highly qualified young people to turn to the demanding interdisciplinary scientific field of medical chemistry/drug discovery. The foundation's assets amount to 200,000 euros. The Eva and Klaus Grohe-Prei was endowed with 20,000 euros and every two years between 2003 and 2015 by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences for outstanding scientific achievements of German scientists in the field of infectiology, both in clinical research and the Basic research, were awarded. Outstanding work by young scientists (doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers) at domestic and foreign (European) research centers will be awarded by awarding prizes (Klaus Grohe Prize for Medicinal Chemistry/Drug Discovery).

Since 2006, the GBM has awarded the GBM Master Award for outstanding master's theses related to molecular biosciences and/or biochemistry through the respective city groups. Graduates of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, whose masters thesis has a clear link to the molecular biosciences and/or biochemistry, can apply. The award winner receives a book voucher from Spektrum Akademischer Verlag as well as one-year free membership in the GBM. Included in the membership is the free subscription to the magazine BIOspektrum. Today GBM is the largest bioscience specialist society in Germany. It offers its approximately 5300 members from universities, research institutes and industry a strong representation of their interests vis-à-vis politics, business, and the public as well as opportunities for international cooperation. Inside, the GBM opens up numerous opportunities for networking and promoting the academic career. The GBM Master Award Münster is awarded once a year for the last two semesters. The next event will take place in January 2019, with a work from the winter semester 2017/2018 or the summer semester 2018 being honored. The award ceremony will take place within the biochemical colloquium together with the GBM Lecture in Münster.

[Crimson Students Only] This once in a lifetime opportunity provides one lucky student the opportunity to be mentored by a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford. The Rhodes Scholarship is the world's most prestigious scholarship and previous recipients include Bill Clinton and Robert Reich.  The selected student will be mentored online to do real work gathering research and collaborating on their PhD thesis on the emerging role of artificial intelligence in modern education.  Hours and duration are subject to discussions between the mentor and applicant. However, this will entail approximately 10 hours of work completing a value-add project at the mentor’s request.

[Crimson Students Only] For any students interested in the high stakes, high-speed world of management consulting, this is an excellent opportunity to get your foot in the door and build a strong base. This opportunity will provide a student with the opportunity to be involved with Stanford Consulting, a student-run organization that aims to develop the next generation of top management consultants. This is a premier platform that facilitates interaction at a professional-level between students and companies, as well as promoting information exchange and experience-sharing among students. Suitable students have the chance to shadow their mentor in their daily work life as a consultant aiming to provide strategic recommendations to improve top-of-funnel and middle-of-funnel processes for a late stage tech startup. Hours and duration are subject to discussions between the mentor and applicant. However, this will entail approximately 10 hours of work completing a value-add project at the mentor’s request.

[Crimson Students Only] This peer-to-peer project is an opportunity to be involved with Kudla Fund, a student-run investment fund established in 2015 with initial funding of one million US dollars. This project involves supporting a mentor in collecting data, research and making pitch decks for their next investments. The mentor is who is one of the twelve partners responsible for managing the one million dollar equity fund. In this project, the student will be guided by the managing partner with hands-on investing experience, training, and insights. This is a unique opportunity to both work for one of the most successful student-run investment funds in the world, and also to hone and deepen your understanding of investing. Hours and duration are subject to discussions between the mentor and applicant. However, this will entail approximately 10 hours of work completing a value-add project at the mentor’s request.