[DMANET] BCC PhD Prize in Combinatorics 2022

The British Combinatorial Committee (BCC) announces its first "BCC PhD
Prize in Combinatorics", to be awarded at the next British
Combinatorial Conference for an outstanding UK PhD thesis in the field
of Combinatorics, broadly interpreted. Details concerning eligibility,
the nomination process, dates, and the award of the prize can be found
below.

Eligibility:

A PhD thesis is eligible for the prize if the PhD was awarded by a UK
university in the three years prior to the cutoff date (inclusive)
specified below, and if the topic of the PhD thesis is in the area of
Combinatorics.

Nominations:

Nominations are made by the thesis supervisor by email to Prof Jozef
Skokan (j.skokan@lse.ac.uk) with subject "BCC prize 2022" and the
following documents attached in electronic form:

- the thesis,
- a nomination letter by the supervisor,
- a reference letter by an external examiner,
- a formal confirmation by the university of award of or eligibility
for the award of the PhD.

This confirmation should be dated between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2021.

The abstract of the thesis should be added to the main body of the
submission email.

Dates:

The cutoff date determining eligibility is 31 December 2021.

The submission deadline for nominations is 14 January 2022.

Prize Award:

The prize will be awarded at the 29th British Combinatorial Conference
in Lancaster (11th July - 15th July 2022). The prize winner will be
invited to give a prize lecture at this meeting.

Funding:

The prize is funded by the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical
Research and the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications, and
supported by Cambridge University Press.

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Prof Jozef Skokan
Department of Mathematics, LSE
j.skokan@lse.ac.uk
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