Prix du Collège de France - Edition 2023

The Prix du Collège de France 2023 will be awarded in the field of Letters, Humanities and Social Sciences.

The theme of the 2023 prize is : " Rencontres des civilisations ".

The prize is worth 20 000 euros. The winner is also invited to give a public lecture at the Collège de France on his or her work.

Entries will be received from March¹ to April 30 2023, exclusively by electronic means.

The 2023 jury is made up of four professors from the Collège de France and one external member.

Chairman : Dario Mantovani, Professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Chair inLaw, Culture and Society in Ancient Rome .

Members : Anne Cheng, professor at the Collège de France, holder of theIntellectual History of China chair  ; Pierre-Michel Menger, professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Sociology of Creative Work chair  ; François Déroche, professor at the Collège de France, holder of theHistory of the Koran. Text and transmission ; Valentine Zuber, historian, director of studies at the École pratique des hautes études.

Candidates currently working in a public research laboratory in France are required to contact an active university professor or research director, who will support their application with a letter of introduction and recommendation. The application must be submitted by the candidate via a dedicated digital platform. Before submitting their application, candidates are invited to carefully read the full prize regulations, available below.

Applications will open on this page on March 1 and close at midnight on April 30 2023.

Every year, the Collège de France awards the Prix du Collège de France to a young researcher chosen for the excellence of his or her career and the innovative nature of his or her contributions to public research. The prize consists of a cash award of 20 000 euros and an invitation to give a public lecture at the Collège de France.

As a leading player in French research, the Collège de France wishes to reward excellence and the most daring research among the next generation of scientists.

Article 1 - Eligible candidates

Eligible candidates must, at the time of submitting their application, have their administrative residence in France and be employed, on a permanent or contract basis, in a laboratory, unit or research team located within French public higher education and research establishments. They must have successfully defended their thesis less than seven years ago, and have an outstanding research record as evidenced by publications and contributions to scientific events.

If candidates :

• have direct family ties with one of the members of the jury ;
• havecollaborated or published jointly with a member of the jury within thelast seven years , either as part of their thesis or since obtaining their doctorate ;

the jury member concerned will withdraw while the dossier is examined.

Article 2 - Prize endowment

The prize is awarded at a public ceremony by the Administrator of the Collège de France, and is endowed with 20 000 euros.

It also includes :

• an invitation to give a public lecture at the Collège de Franceby the winner ;
• communication and promotion of the winning research on the Collège de France website and social networks ;
• theaward of the Collège de France medal engraved with the winner's name.

The prizewinner undertakes to attend the award ceremony and to respond to any communication requests from the Collège de France.

Article 3 - Eligibility requirements

The thesis must have been defended less than seven years before the closing date of the call for candidates, i.e. April 30 2023.

The eligibility period indicated may be extended beyond seven years in the following circumstances, duly documented : maternity leave (extended by eighteen months for each child born after obtaining the doctorate), paternity leave, adoption leave, long-term illness (extended for the duration of the leave).

Reside in France and be employed (tenured or contract) by a laboratory of a French public higher education and research institution ;

The application must be accompanied by a detailed letter of recommendation from a university professor or research director working for a French public research or higher education institution.

Article 4 - Evaluation criteria

• Research work must be in line with the annual theme proposed by the Collège de France :for the 2023 prize, the theme will be " Rencontres des civilisations ".
• Scientific excellence (track record and publications).
• Innovative nature of the work.

Article 5 - Submission of applications and selection procedures

Completed applications must be submitted by the deadlines indicated, and must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from a university professor or tenured staff member belonging to a body assimilated to university professors within the meaning of article 1 of the decree of June 15 1992 establishing the list of bodies of civil servants assimilated to university professors, in active service.

The application is submitted by the candidate on a dedicated platform, open during the annual application deadlines at www.college-de-france.fr/prix-2023

The documents to be enclosed, in French or English only, are as follows :

• curriculum vitae ;
• cover letter (maximum two pages) describing the main contribution of the candidate's work to theawardcriteria and the theme of the year ;
• list of publications, patents and prizes ;
• thesis summary (one page maximum) ;
• letter of introduction and recommendation of the candidate written by the presenter, a university professor or active research director (one letter, maximum two pages) .This person may not be a member of the selection panel , nor be related to the candidate ;
• document attesting to the position held within a laboratory or research unit (employment contract, certificate from laboratory director, etc.)

No other documents will be taken into consideration.

A university professor or research director may submit only one application.

Applications are accepted exclusively via the digital platform. No paper applications will be considered. In the event of multiple applications, whether intentional or accidental, only the last application submitted will be considered.

At the time of submission, all candidates acknowledge that they have read the present regulations and accept their provisions in full.

An internal committee at the Collège de France will check the administrative admissibility of applications against these rules. Any application that is incomplete, completed after the closing date, submitted after the deadline or that does not meet the conditions of these rules will not be evaluated.

Article 6 - Jury composition

A scientific jury will examine the eligible entries and select thisyear 'swinner .

The jury is made up of five members : four professors from the Collège de France appointed by the administrator after consultation with the extended Bureau of the Collège de France assembly, and one outside personality appointed by these four professors.

In 2023, the jury will be chaired by Dario Mantovani, professor at the Collège de France and holder of the chair on Law, Culture and Society in Ancient Rome. The full composition of the jury will be announced on the Collège de France website on the opening date for applications.

Candidates will not be informed of the assessments of their applications. The jury is sovereign and does not justify its decisions.

Article 7 - 2023 Prize timetable

Submission of entries : between March¹ 2023 and April 30 2023 before midnight, Paris time, the date of submission of the complete file on the platform being taken as proof.

Announcement of the winner : October 2023.

Presentation of the prizes by the Administrator of the Collège de France at a public ceremony : November 2023.

Article 8 - Contact and information :

Ms Anne Dumas
Collège de France
11, place Marcelin-Berthelot
75231 Paris Cedex 05

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APPENDIX - PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

The information collected on this form is entered into a computerized file by the Collège de France administrator.

The legal basis for the processing is the contract between Collège de France and the applicant, via the eligibility rules for applications.

Data marked with an asterisk on the form must be provided. Otherwise, the application will not be considered.

The data collected will be communicated only to the following recipients : administrative staff responsible for processing applications, staff responsible for operational and IT monitoring of the application management platform, and the jury.

The data will be kept for a period of six years, to enable comparisons to be made between data from three years in which the Collège de France prize was awarded in the field of Mathematical, Computer, Experimental and Natural Sciences, and three years in which the Collège de France prize was awarded in the field of Humanities and Social Sciences.

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