The ELLS Prize honours excellent Master theses in the area of life sciences written in English language. Eligible are students of ELLS universities who actively participated in ELLS study exchange programmes. Students of the Universität Hohenheim must have acquired 18 ECTS of their MSc programme at other ELLS universities. Students of other ELLS universities must have acquired 18 ECTS of their MSc programme at the Universität Hohenheim. Students of the ELLS Double Degree Programmes EnvEuro and EUR-Organic, choosing University of Hohenheim as home or host university are also eligible for the ELLS-Prize.
All representatives of ELLS subject areas have the right for nominations. Deadline for submission of nominations is 2026, 31 August.
A nomination has to include the following documents:
- Complete MSc thesis preferably in electronic form
- Nomination letter by an ELLS Subject Area representative
- Short CV
- Official transcript of records (including grade for the master thesis)
- Two recommendation letters (supervisor and external reviewer of another ELLS university)
All documents should be submitted in English.
The ELLS Task Force Education reviews the nominations and recommends the recipients. The final decision on the recipients and the amount of the individual prizes is taken by the rector of the Universität Hohenheim. The total prize amount of 5.000 € p.a. can be divided among up to 5 winners.
The award ceremony is held at the autumn conference of the ELLS at the Institut Agro in Montpellier, France, 2026, Nov 04-06.
The Master thesis with the enclosures has to be submitted via Email to: Prof. Dr. Andreas Pyka, Vice-Rector for Internationalisation, University of Hohenheim Mail: a.pyka@uni-hohenheim.de
Please send an electronic copy of your application documents to aaa@uni-hohenheim.de
