Welcome to nominate candidates for the Dimitris N. Chorafas Prize 2025
Nominate candidates for the Dimitris N. Chorafas prize for outstanding scientific work. You may nominate a recently graduated postdoc researcher or a doctoral student who plans to graduate in 2025.
The Dimitris N. Chorafas Prize (USD 10.000) is meant to reward outstanding pre-graduate scientific contributions within the doctoral education.
Candidates should defend their doctoral thesis during the period May 31, 2024 - December 31, 2025.
Age limit: Candidates may not be older than 32 years of age at the time they are nominated for the prize. In other words, in 2025, candidates must have been born after May 31, 1993.
Nomination and extensive motivation in English, including CV, publication list, summary of the candidate’s research (1 page) and the thesis (if possible), should be sent to fonder@ki.se on March 18, 2025, at the latest.
The prize winners will be announced by the Dimitris N Chorafas Foundation by end of July 2025. The prize will be awarded at the Installation Ceremony of Karolinska Institutet in October 2025.
Previous prize winners from KI: Daniel Helldén, GPH (2024), Sebastian Ols, MedS (2023), Eivind Gottlieb, MMK (2022), Haohao Wu, Neuro (2021), Jiayao Lei, MEB (2020), Gioele La Manno, MBB (2019), Bianca Tesi, KBH (2018), Arvid Guterstam, Neuro (2017), Alessandro Furlan, MBB (2016), Miriam Elfström, MEB (2015), Daniel Ramsköld, CMB (2014), Maryam Derogar, MMK (2013), Christopher Sundling, MTC (2012), Erik Norberg, IMM (2011), Fang Fang, MEB (2010)