The IFAC Young Author Award will be awarded for the best paper of which the first and presenting author had a PhD-student status at the time of paper submission.

No self-nominations are allowed. Nominations can be made by supervisors, reviewers, or senior co-authors. The deadline for nominating candidates for the Award is [ADD DATE]. Nominations are proposed by filling in the nomination form and sending it as a PDF file via email to: [ADD EMAIL], clearly stating the name of the Ph.D. student, the title and ID of the DYCOPS 2025 paper, the role of the proposer with respect to the nominee, and the motivation for the nomination. The nomination form can be accessed HERE [ADD LINK].

An award selection committee, appointed by the IPC chairs, will select a number of finalists, on the basis of the nomination letters, the review reports, and the papers. Finalists will be informed before the event. The Committee will select the winner out of the finalists, after having attended the presentation of the paper.

The award will be presented during the DYCOPS 2025 closing event on [DAY], [ADD DATE].

The winner as well as all finalists will be provided with an IFAC certificate.

A [ADD PRIZE] Euros prize will be granted to the award winner.