ROBUST Crossing Awards - Open Call

Award Categories

1. Interdisciplinary Research Award – Recognizes PhD students or teams working across disciplines.
2. Lab Collaboration Award – Celebrates activities that successfully bring multiple labs together (for example labs that organized deep dives).

Interdisciplinary Research Award:

Depth of cross-discipline integration:

• How effectively does the research combine different disciplines?
• Is there clear evidence of expertise from multiple fields being applied?
• Does the research create new methodologies, frameworks, or insights that wouldn't be possible within a single discipline?

Potential for real-world application:

• Does the research have practical applications in industry, healthcare, or society? Or is there a plan or potential for knowledge transfer?
• Are there partnerships or collaborations with external stakeholders?

Scientific Impact and Innovation:

• How does the research contribute to advancing knowledge in AI or its applications?

‍Lab Collaboration Award:

Impact on multiple labs or external stakeholders?

• Did it lead to joint research outputs (e.g., publications, projects, demos, even a policy report could have an impact for external stakeholders)

Quality of collaboration

• How many labs were involved
• How was the collaboration structured
• Did the collaboration enable meaningful exchange of expertise, tools, or resources, were different perspectives integrated effectively

Sustainability and scalability of the collaboration?

• For example, if it is a deep dive did it lead to further collaboration like a paper or a report?
• Are there mechanisms in place to sustain the partnership

Award Ceremony

The winners will be announced at an ICAI day on October 29th.

The prize will include:

1. A €500
2. A certificate and official recognition on our communication channels.
3. An opportunity to present their work at an upcoming event

‍Applicants:

Both individuals or group (e.g. 2 labs together) are allowed (and encouraged) to submit.

One applicant (lab or individual) in a submission needs to come from a Robust Lab. For example, if one student applies for he Interdisciplinary research award, the main applicant should be part of a Robust Lab and the co-authors could be part of other labs.

Submit a short application (max 1 page or a short video) addressing:

1. Project Description – What interdisciplinary or collaborative work was done?
2. Impact – How did this work benefit research, industry, or the community?
3. Lessons Learned – What insights or best practices emerged?

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