Awards we win: This year's Werner Siemens Award is accepting nominations

The Werner von Siemens Award is now a fixture among activities aimed at promoting technical and scientific fields in our country. Now in its 28th year, the competition for students, scientists, and educators is currently accepting nominations. The 2025 awards ceremony will take place in March 2026.

Nominations for educators and individual works can be submitted at www.cenasiemens.cz until November 30, 2025.

The competition has the following categories:

1. Most significant result of basic research
2. Best educator
3. Best thesis (top three places + thesis supervisor)
4. Best dissertation (top three places + supervisor)
5. Special award for outstanding quality of female scientific work
6. Best graduate thesis (diploma/dissertation) dealing with topics related to the Industry 4.0 concept
7. Best graduate thesis (master's/doctoral) dealing with smart infrastructure and energy

There is no limit to the number of theses that individual supervisors and advisors can submit. The competition also rewards recommendations for future winning theses.

This year's Werner von Siemens Award will distribute one million Czech crowns among the winners. In terms of its scope, financial rewards, and history, the Werner von Siemens Award is one of the most significant independent initiatives of its kind in the Czech Republic: in its 28-year history, the competition has already registered 490 winners, with a total of 17.4 million crowns paid out in rewards.

Researchers from FIT BUT are among the regular winners. Last year, we achieved great success when Prof. Jiří Jaroš received the award for Best Teacher of the Year. In addition, our faculty also won third place in the category of Best Diploma Thesis on the topic of Industry 4.0 for 2024, thanks to Michal Rozsíval.