The Guido Altarelli Award honours the memory of the late Guido Altarelli, one of the founding fathers of QCD, an outstanding communicator of particle physics, and a mentor and strong supporter of Junior Scientists. The Guido Altarelli Award consists of a certificate and prize money. It is awarded to Junior Scientists for outstanding scientific contributions to the fields covered by the DIS Conference series.
The 2022 Guido Altarelli Award will be presented during the DIS2022 workshop , which will take place in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, during the week 2-6 May 2022.
Candidates for the prize should have a maximum of eight years of research experience (excluding career interruptions) following the PhD, at the first day of the conference. The selection is the task of the Selection Committee, which consists of experimental and theoretical particle physicists, and a Chair, who are nominated by the Chairs of the International Advisory Committee (IAC) of the DIS Conference in consultation with its members.
Nominations should be sent via the following link and should include:
Diversity in the candidates nominations is strongly encouraged. Self-nominations are not allowed. Applications from previous years can be resubmitted but a full application with updated documents is required. For previous award winners and more information please look at the main page.
All applications should be sent by December 20th, 2021.
Further information can be obtained from the members of the selection committee:
The 2022 Altarelli Award is kindly sponsored by: