On behalf of the Government of the Republic, the National Research Awards Committee opens the call for the candidates for the 2025 Estonian National Research Awards.
National Research Awards are granted to Estonian researchers and research collectives for outstanding results in research and development.
The Committee is awaiting proposals to be submitted electronically in the Academy of Sciences Competitions e-environment by 10 December 2024.
AWARD CATEGORIES
1. Lifetime achievement award for long-term excellence in research and development (up to 1 awards, 65 000 euros).
2. Annual awards to highlight the best research or research cycles completed and published within the last four years (2021–2024, up to 8 awards, á 20 000 euros) in the following fields:
- Natural Sciences
- Engineering and technology
- Medical and health sciences
- Agricultural and veterinary sciences
- Social Sciences
- Humanities and the arts
3. Award for a Scientific Discovery impacting the paradigm and world view of the respective scientific field or pioneering a new field of science, or an invention or research and development based on a scientific discovery that has led to an innovative product with a significant socio-economic impact (up to 1 award, 50 000 euros).
Proposals for the award may be submitted to the committee by the research councils of universities and positively evaluated research and development institutions, academicians of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, council of Estonian Young Academy, the Estonian Employers’ Confederation, Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Estonian Service Industry Association.
When submitting a research collective, the scientific contribution of all members of the collective must be clearly described in the proposal.
Researchers and research teams who have previously been granted the annual award may be re-nominated for the annual award ten years after the award was given for research at a new level.
No part of the research cycle that has received the annual award may be used by co-authors as part of research cycles submitted for the annual award in subsequent years.
Additional information: akadeemia.ee/en/national-research-awards/