!!New call 2025 for the Stanisław Lem European Research Prize
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The [Wrocław University of Science and Technology|https://pwr.edu.pl/en] (Wroclaw Tech) has announced a new call for applications – edition 2025. Applications should be submitted by 30 September 2025 to [lemprize@pwr.edu.pl|mailto:lemprize@pwr.edu.pl].__
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!The application must include:

*a form according to the template provided in the Documents section (the last two pages must be signed by hand and scanned),
*up to 3 publications confirming the discovery or achievement (books, articles, patents etc.),
*2 or 3 recommendation letters, including max. one by a person affiliated in the same country as the candidate (recommendations should be addressed to the Lem Prize Committee and include the name, title, function, affiliation and signature of the recommending person and date of the recommendation),
*a scientific CV – not required but very helpful.

!Who can submit an application? A scientist who:

*is 40 or younger in 2025,
*is affiliated with an academic or research institution in a European Union member state, in an associated country participating in Horizon Europe, or in Switzerland,
*has made in the last 3 full calendar years (from 1 January 2022 until the submission date) a discovery or significant achievement in broadly understood fields of science and engineering.
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The application (together with 2-3 recommendation letters and a maximum of 3 publications) should be submitted electronically by 30 September 2025 to the e-mail address [lemprize@pwr.edu.pl|mailto:lemprize@pwr.edu.pl]. The winner will be announced on 15 November 2025 during the annual celebrations of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology.
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The winner will receive a cash prize of PLN 100,000 (approximately EUR 23,000) and will be invited to Wrocław for the Lem Prize award ceremony which will be held in 2026. The winner will also be expected to give a lecture about her/his discovery or achievements.
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[Detailed information on the competition|https://lemprize.pwr.edu.pl].
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Should you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at lemprize@pwr.edu.pl.

!Idea

Lem Prize has been established to commemorate the 100th birthday of the great Polish visionary and science fiction novelist, Stanisław Lem, awarded doctorate honoris causa of Wrocław Tech in 1981.
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The essential elements of Lem’s literary legacy: people, science, technology, progress, and future – are also the core elements defining the mission and aspirations of Wrocław Tech.
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Lem Prize is awarded annually to one young researcher whose creative work in science or engineering has potential for positive impact on the future of civilization increasingly filled with technology.

!Stanisław Herman Lem

Lem (1921–2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction and essays on, inter alia, philosophy, futurology and literary criticism. Lem’s books have been translated into over 50 languages and have sold over 45 million copies. He is best known worldwide as the author of the novel Solaris (1961).
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Lem’s science fiction works explore philosophical threads by speculating about technology, the nature of intelligence, the inability to communicate and understand alien intelligence, despair over human limitations and humanity’s place in the universe.