Author: Boris Cesnik

To  recognize the essential role of postdocs at the institute and their extraordinary accomplishments, ISTA is launching the inaugural ISTA Postdoc Prize.

The ISTA postdoc prize aims to reward a recent scientific breakthrough led by a postdoc during their time at ISTA.

The award will be celebrated during a special Institute colloquium (in spring ’25 or fall ’25), when the awardee will showcase their winning project.

The award recipient will receive a monetary prize of 3,500 euros (pre-tax). The deadline for nomination is May 9th 2025

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On November 21st, 2024 the Postdoctoral Office hosted a fun afternoon to celebrate the IST-BRIDGE postdoctoral fellowship. This MSCA co-fund program envisioned 5 calls starting in 2021 from which around 60 postdoc fellows would be selected to carry out cutting edge research over the course of two years.

Postdocs had the opportunity to hear some fun facts about the program, have a strikingly honest account of the adventures in the entrepreneurship world from a Postdoc Alumnus, interact in a job search networking blitz activity, be enthralled by PechaKucha rapid-fire presentations from current fellows, drink, mingle, disagree, laugh and eat.

Big thank you to all the postdocs and speakers who participated in the event!