Every year, the Helmholtz Association honors the best and most original doctoral theses in each of its six research fields. Since 2022, the Helmholtz Association has been awarding the Doctoral Prize in two different categories in order to recognize doctoral theses with and without an explicit application: Track A for knowledge-driven research and Track B for application-oriented research. In total, 12 prizes can be granted.
Chunlei Jiao is the first PhD student at HZI or one of its sites to be recognized with the Helmholtz Doctoral Prize. As the winner in Track B, he is awarded prize money of 5,000 euros. In addition, he will receive funding for a Helmholtz Field Study Fellowship of up to three months. The Field Study Fellowship finances the market exploration phase to better understand customer needs and is accompanied by field study mentoring.
