Awards
MDPI Awards
Awards Introduction
In order to reward the academic community, especially young researchers and enhance communication among scientists, MDPI journals regularly offer various awards to researchers in specific fields. These awards, serving as a source of inspiration and recognition, help raise the influence of talented individuals who have been credited with outstanding achievements and are making a significant contribution to the advancement of their fields.
Available Awards
| Journal | Award | Intended Awardee |
|---|---|---|
| Viruses | 2025 Travel Award | Candidates must be postdoctoral fellows, PhD students, or research fellows |
| Applied Sciences | Outstanding Reviewer Award | All of the reviewers for Applied Sciences in 2024 |
| Forests | Outstanding Reviewer Award | All of the reviewers for Forests in 2024 |
| Forests | Best Paper Award | Papers Published in 2023 |
| Land | Outstanding Reviewer Award | All of the reviewers for Land in 2024 |
| Animals | Best Paper Award | All papers published in the Animals will be eligible (both regular and Special Issue submissions) |
| Biomolecules | Best PhD Thesis Award | A Ph.D. student or doctor who has produced a highly anticipated academic potential thesis |
| Veterinary Sciences | Outstanding Reviewer Award | All of the reviewers for Journal name in 2024. |
| Veterinary Sciences | Travel Award | Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students who will attend an international conference in 2025 (oral presentation or poster). |
| Animals | Best PhD Thesis Award | A Ph.D. student or doctor who has produced a highly anticipated academic potential thesis |
| Brain Sciences | Outstanding Reviewer Award | All of the reviewers for Brain Sciences in 2024 |
| Brain Sciences | Best Paper Award | Papers Published in 2024 |
| Brain Sciences | Travel Award | Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students who will attend an international conference in the field of neuroscience in 2025 |
| Sci | Outstanding Reviewer Award | All of the reviewers for Sci in 2024 |
| Biomolecules | Best Paper Award | Papers Published in 2022 |
| Journal | Award | Intended Awardee |
|---|---|---|
| Machines | 2023 Intelligent Manufacturing Award | Must have received their PhD no more than 10 years prior to 31 December 2023; Have made a unique and outstanding academic or societal contribution to intelligent manufacturing |
| Cosmetics | Best Paper Award | Papers Published in 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022 |
| Children | 2023 Young Investigator Award | Eligibility and Requirements: Must have received their PhD no more than 10 years prior to 31 December 2023 |
| Nanomaterials | Best Paper Award | Papers Published from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022 |
| Metabolites | Best Paper Award | Papers Published in 2022 |
| Minerals | Best Paper Award | Papers Published in 2022 |
| Forests | 2023 Early Career Investigator Award | Scholars who received their PhD on or after 1 January 2019 |
| Biomimetics | 2024 Travel Award | Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students who will attend an international conference in 2024 |
| Marine Drugs | 2024 Travel Award | Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students who plans to attend an international conference held in August 2024–July 2025, and has applied to give a presentation at the conference |
| Fibers | 2022 Best Paper Award | Papers Published in 2022 |
| COVID | Best Paper Award | Papers published in COVID from 01 January 2022 to 31 December 2022 |
| Healthcare | 2022 Best Paper Award | All papers published in Healthcare in 2022 |
| Games | Best Paper Award | Papers Published in 2018 |
| Mathematics | Best Paper Award | Papers Published in 2023 |
| Journal of Clinical Medicine | Best Paper Award | Papers published in JCM from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022 |
Winner Announcement
| Journal | Award | Award Winner |
|---|---|---|
| ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information | The Jack Dangermond Award | Levente Juhász |
| World Electric Vehicle Journal | Best Paper Award | Joeri Van Mierlo |
| World Electric Vehicle Journal | Best Paper Award | Adrian König |
| Catalysts | Best Paper Award | Raffaele Molinari |
| Algorithms | Outstanding Reviewer Award | |
| Algorithms | Outstanding Reviewer Award | |
| Toxics | Young Investigator Award | Dr Guilherme Malafaia |
| Resources | Travel Award | Ph.D. student María Carpena Rodríguez |
| Journal of Fungi | 2024 Travel Award | Ph.D. student Paris Hamm |
| Journal of Fungi | 2024 Travel Award | Mark Gresnigt |
| Life | Travel Award | Ph.D. student Merel van der Thiel |
| Life | Travel Award | Post-doctoral fellow Alessandra Ruggiero |
| Informatics | 2023 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award | Ph.D. Lichao Wu |
| Games | Best Paper Award | Jonathan Newton |
| Journal of Clinical Medicine | Best Paper Award |
