Call for Applications

The Ilya Prigogine Prize for Thermodynamics consists of a diploma, the honor to deliver an invited talk at the next Joint European Thermodynamics Conference (JETC), and a €2000 prize funded by the JETC organizers. It is awarded every two years to a promising researcher for his/her Ph.D. thesis or equivalent. The thesis must have been defended during the two calendar years preceding the year of the JETC. All aspects and branches of thermodynamics are considered, from applied and experimental to the most theoretical. The laureate must accept to be invited to participate in presence to the JETC with a registration waiver, but must arrange and pay for her/his travel and hotel expenses.
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The prize is traditionally awarded during the JETC where the recipient will deliver a talk (in presence) on the subject of the thesis.
The next JETC will be held in 2025 in Belgrade.
The applications will be examined by a selection committee of scientists expert in thermodynamics from different European countries. The composition of the selection committee for the 2025 Prigogine Prize will be:
- Bjarne Andresen, U Copenhagen, Denmark
- Gian Paolo Beretta, U Brescia, Italy (chair)
- Jean-Charles De Hemptinne, IFP Energies Nouvelles, France
- Pierre Gaspard, UL Bruxelles, Belgium
- Karl Heinz Hoffmann, TU Chemnitz, Germany
- Signe Kjelstrup, Norwegian U Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Miguel Rubi, U Barcelona, Spain
- Doros N. Theodorou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
- Daniel Tondeur, National Polytechnic Inst Lorraine, Nancy, France (honorary member)

History of the prize

The Ilya Prigogine Prize for Thermodynamics was initially established by ECAST, the European Center for Advanced Studies in Thermodynamics, and was patronized by the Nobel laureate Ilya Prigogine himself while he was alive. Later on, the prize has become part of the tradition of the Joint European Thermodynamics Conference (JETC) series. Over the years, applications have come for PhD theses done in 26 countries (AU, BE, BR, CA, CH, CZ, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, HU, IE, IN, IT, LU, MX, MY, NO, PL, PT, RU, SE, TR, UK, US).
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