MaP Award

MaP Award 2026: Call for nominations

Download Announcement (PDF, 116 KB)

The competition is open to graduates who received a doctoral degree from ETH Zurich between 1 January 2025 and 1 January 2026 (date of oral examination). All professors that are members of MaP are invited to nominate their MaP Award candidate until 23 January 2026 (max. one candidate per research group). A jury of experts from academia and industry will evaluate the entries and select the nominees for the shortlist.

Selection criteria:

• scientific quality and novelty of the work in the area of materials and processes
• demonstration of the ability to follow a translational approach to address a scientific grand challenge (need-/end-use-driven research)
• transdisciplinary thinking (research strategy crossing disciplinary boundaries, impact of research on other scientific disciplines)
• report and dissemination

The Award Jury reserves the right to ask for additional reports for the finalists to support converging to a final decision.

All shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their findings at the MaP Graduate Symposium 2026, which will take place on 18 June 2026. The oral presentation contributes with 20% to the decision-making process.

All nominees on the shortlist will receive an award. The recipient of the MaP Award will additionally receive a cash prize of CHF 3,000.

Please submit the following information by e-mail to until 23 January 2026:

• thesis (pdf) and CV of the candidate
• recommendation letter by the thesis supervisor highlighting the relevance, transdisciplinary and translational aspect of the work

We look forward to receiving your applications.

More info about the MaP Award