ICMU opens competition for the annual Student Research Award. The award is intended to recognize the best student research papers in the mathematical sciences that led to a publication with a one-time cash prize of 50,000 UAH. Several awards are planned to be presented each year.

The criteria for participation in the competition are the following:

• Studying at Bachelor's or Master's degree programmes in a Ukrainian higher education institution as of May 2024

• Having a scientific work in mathematical sciences published in or submitted to a refereed journal, or a defended thesis. Unpublished and not submitted articles posted on arXiv.org or other online repositories will not be accepted for consideration.

Application. In order to apply for the award, applicants must complete the following online form:

https://forms.gle/kwQfBytJCoAWhfRNA

In the form they must upload the following materials:

• CV (in pdf format, no more than 2 pages)

• Transcript

• The scientific work submitted to the competition (in pdf format)

• Confirmation of its publication, submission letter, or the proof of a thesis defense (in pdf format)

• Motivation letter (in pdf format, no more than 5 pages plus a bibliography) explaining the importance of the results and future plans

• Contacts of one or two professional mathematicians who will send recommendation letters in support of candidate’s work

Recommendation letters. The applicants must request that the recommendation letters are submitted directly by the recommenders to [email protected] by 15 October 2024. It is expected that the recommendation letters will comment on the importance of the candidate's work submitted to the contest. In the case of a multi-authored paper, the letters must address the candidate’s contribution to the joint work. For Bachelor’s or Master’s theses the scientific advisor can serve as one of the recommenders.

Contest Deadline. The final application deadline is 15 October 2024. The results will be announced on 15 December. All applications will be evaluated by a committee consisting of representatives of several Ukrainian higher educational institutions and members of the Co-ordination Committee of ICMU.