The Tom Brazil Award Essay Competition is open to all students enrolled in a full-time Ph.D. or graduate degree programme in microwave electronics. In 2025, the essay theme is:
Advancing Sustainability in or through Microwaves – using one of the EuMIC conference topics
A two-stage approach is taken to select the Tom Brazil Fellowship Award winners:
- Interested candidates are invited to submit a four-page abstract summarising their idea related to the competition theme to brazilaward.eumw2025@eumwa.org by the 11th of March 2025.
- Following a review process, a short list of authors will be requested to submit an extended version of their contribution with a maximum of 4000 words, or 12 pages. Short-listed authors will be informed by 16 May 2025.
- Short-listed authors will have until 22nd August 2025 to submit their extended essays to brazilaward.eumw2025@eumwa.org.
The best essay will be awarded a prize of €2,500. For the second and third place, prizes of €1,500 and €1,000 are granted, respectively. Please note that you must have your 31st birthday after 2025 to be eligible to participate in this competition.
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