The Dutch Network Science Society Young Talent Prize is awarded to an early-career talent in Network Science. Nominees will be evaluated for one (or more) specific accomplishments. The evaluation (jury led by the steering committee and board of the Dutch Network Science Society) will focus not only on scientific quality but also on accomplishments in the domains of education, impact, and leadership.

The Young Talent Prize of the Dutch Network Society includes an opportunity for the awardee to give an invited talk at the next Dutch NetSci Symposium.

Eligibility criteria

• The candidate must have at least a Master’s degree at the time of nomination.
• If the candidate is a doctor, the Ph.D. degree must have been obtained within three years before the nomination’s submission deadline.
• The accomplishments of the nominee must be related to Network Science and must be achieved when the candidate is/was affiliated with a Dutch University.

Submission deadline for nominations: 7th of November, 2025

Nomination guidelines
Applications should be submitted by the candidates themselves to dutchnetsci@gmail.com and must include a single pdf file containing:

• a 200-word narrative in English on the candidate’s eligibility for this award. The narrative contents should describe the applicant’s accomplishments relevant to the prize;
• an up-to-date Curriculum Vitae optionally containing URLs to external material deemed relevant (e.g., Ph.D. thesis, scientific articles, popular scientific materials, educational innovation, etc);
• contact information containing at least the applicant’s email address and phone number.

Submission
Send your application as a single pdf file to dutchnetsci@gmail.com.
The subject line must contain: “Nomination for the Dutch Network Science Society Young Talent Prize”.

Questions
Questions regarding the prize and selection procedure should be sent to c.stegehuis@utwente.nl.

Acknowledgement
This prize is sponsored by Statistics Netherlands (CBS). We would like to express our sincere thanks for their sponsorship and support.