Support of Young Researchers

Researchers under 35 years of age have the chance to win one of several awards at this event:

the Tom Bell Young Yuthor Award (TBYAA), which consists in free participation at the next IFHTSE World Congress in 2027,
the IFHTSE World Congress scholarship, a financial support,
and the Riebensahm-Preis regularly given at AWT’s HK Kongress, worth 2000 €.

To candidate for the TBYAA, just click the respective tickbox when you submit your abstract!

Moreover, IFHTSE invites some researchers under 35 years of age to participate for free at the event in Cologne.
The Federation will reimburse them for the travel, accomodation, and attendance cost provided they present a paper in the World Congress.

Candidates shall submit

a letter of support from their professor or supervisor on letterhead,
a summary of max 200 words on their degree programme and on their present project(s),
a travel plan indicating the costs they expect for travel, accomodation, and registration fee.

The files shall be emailed to info@awt.online.org until January 10, 2026, under the reference: „Free participation at the World Congress“. The IFHTSE Executive Committee will then select the candidates and inform them. The candidates shall also submit an abstract for the congress by the form “Application for lectures”.