The 2017 Guido Altarelli Award
The Guido Altarelli Award honours the memory of the late Guido
Altarelli, a pioneer of the
unravelling of the strong interaction and the structure of hadrons, an
outstanding
communicator of particle physics, and a mentor and strong supporter of
Junior Scientists.
The Guido Altarelli Award consists of a certificate and prize money. It
is awarded to Junior
Scientists for outstanding scientific contributions to the fields
covered by the DIS
Conference series.
Candidates for the prize should have a maximum of eight years of
research experience
(excluding career interruptions) following the PhD, at the first day of
the conference. The
selection is the task of the Selection Committee, which consists of
experimental and
theoretical particle physicists, and a Chair, who are nominated by the
Chair of the
International Advisory Committee (IAC) of the DIS Conference in
consultation with its
members.
The 2017 Guido Altarelli Award will be presented during the DIS17
conference, which will
take place in Birmingham, UK, in the week 3-7 April 2017.
Nominations should be sent to Elisabetta Gallo, Chair of the Selection
Committee,
gallo@mail.desy.de , including:
- a letter of support for the candidate by the nominating person. The
letter should state
the original and exceptional contributions of the candidate in the
fields of DIS or
related subjects;
- the curriculum vitae of the candidate;
- a list of 3-5 publications in the last eight years, related to the
subject of the DIS
conference, to which the candidate has given significant contributions;
- the names of two colleagues, who could provide additional information
on the
candidate.
Self-nominations are not allowed. All applications should be sent by
December 31st, 2016.