Application for the Applied Photonics Award 2024

You can apply for the Applied Photonics Award annually from April 1 to June 30. Eligible are bachelor, master, diploma theses as well as dissertations (German/English), which have been registered at a German university or college and have been evaluated by the supervisor/appraiser in the current calendar year or in the previous year. The thesis must be considered to have been passed by the time the application is submitted.

In addition, the thesis must be characterized by a particular relevance in the field of applied photonics.

Theses can come from a wide variety of disciplines ranging from mathematics and chemistry to applied optics and physics as well as materials science and biosciences.

In addition to prize money, the winners will have the opportunity to showcase their thesis in front of a specialist audience and network with representatives of industry and research in the optics and photonics field. 

Category A: Best Bachelor Thesis
Prize money 1000€

Category B: Best Master Thesis 
Prize money 2000€

Category C: Best Dissertation
Prize money 3000€

We will open the application process on April 1, 2024. The closing date for applications will be June 30, 2024.

Please send your documents in electronic form to

app@iof.fraunhofer.de

The winners of the Applied Photonics Award 2024 will have the opportunity to present their thesis in about 5 min to a broad audience at the Photonics Days Jena.