Royal Society Milner Award and Lecture 2026 (up to £5,000) – YOA

Deadline: February 20, 2026

Applications are open for the Royal Society Milner Award and Lecture 2026. The Royal Society Milner Award and Lecture, supported by Microsoft Research so as to assist maintain a thriving analysis neighborhood in Europe, is the premier European award for excellent achievement in pc science. It is awarded to recognise an excellent European pc scientist, somebody who has made a considerable contribution and who is probably going to go on to additional prime-degree achievement.

The recipient is a European researcher or researcher who has been resident in Europe for 12 months or extra, and is chosen by the Council of the Royal Society on the advice of the Milner Award Committee. The Committee is made up of Fellows of the Royal Society, Members of the Académie des sciences (France) and Members of Leopoldina (Germany). The award is known as in honour of Professor Robin Milner FRS (1934-2010), a pioneer in pc science.

Award

• The medal is of bronze, is awarded yearly and is accompanied by a present of £5,000.

Eligibility

• Open to European residents or those that have been residents for a minimum of 12 months.
• Nominees can’t be employed by Microsoft and its subsidiaries (full- or part-time), together with anyone who had had a remunerative relationship with the corporate within the 12 months prior to nomination.
• While there are not any restrictions on profession stage, nominees ought to nonetheless be energetic of their profession and not retired or retired from the put up through which the physique of analysis is what they’re being nominated for. Early- to mid-profession pc scientists ought to have made main contributions to and influence of their discipline of analysis.

Nomination

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For extra info, go to Royal Society Milner Award and Lecture.