Student Awards

Student Research Awards

Students are encouraged to submit research papers for consideration of the 2025 NESS Student Research Awards. NESS Student Research Awards have a long history. Winners will be selected by the NESS Student Research Awards committee based on the overall quality of the research; they will be acknowledged at the symposium and will receive a plaque in honor of their accomplishments. The research paper submitted for consideration must not be accepted or in print for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. The student must be the first author of the paper. Award winners from previous years are not eligible for another award. The application materials for 2025 NESS Student Research Award include:

  • CV (limited to 2 pages)

  • Paper (both blinded and unblinded versions, in separate files)

  • Letter from a faculty advisor confirming that the submitter is both a student and first author of the submission.

Application materials should be emailed to ness2025paper@gmail.com , copying fan.f.li@yale.edu , with the subject heading “NESS Student Research Award”, no later than May 1, 2025. More information on previous award winners can be found on the NESS Student Research Awards page.

Student Poster Awards

Students are encouraged to submit posters for consideration of 2025 NESS Student Poster Awards. Application materials, including title, authors and affiliations, and abstract, should be emailed to ness2025poster@gmail.com , copying zuoheng.wang@yale.edu , with the subject heading “NESS Student Poster Award”, no later than May 1, 2025. If the abstract is accepted, students will be notified via email by the committee with further instructions for the poster session. More information on previous award winners can be found at https://nestat.org/posterawards/. Students are encouraged to submit posters for consideration of NESS Student

Note:

  • Each student is allowed to submit a paper for consideration of the student research award and at the same time to submit a poster for consideration of the student poster award. However, the student will not be eligible for consideration of the student poster award if they are a winner of the student research awards.
  • Applicants must register for onsite participation of the symposium