Europlanet Career Medals 2026 – Call Extended

New deadline for nominations: 8th May 2026 

As of April 30, the Europlanet Career Medals Committee has received a total of 14 nominations, out of which only 5 are for women. The female representation is particularly low at the Early and Mid-career categories. Europlanet fully supports gender equality and diversity, so we have decided to extend the submission deadline to 8 May 2026, strongly encouraging female & non-binary nominations.

The Europlanet Career Medals are an opportunity to honour outstanding contributions from individuals of three different scientific career stages to the scientific fields covered by the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC).  

One Europlanet Medal is awarded every year in each of the categories: Early-Career, Mid-Career and Lifetime Achievement. The categories are based on the scientific age of a researcher at time of submission. The Europlanet Mid-Career Medal honours the memory and the outstanding figure of Paolo Farinella (1953-2000), an extraordinary scientist and person, in whose name the Paolo Farinella Prize (2011-2024) was previously awarded. 

Find the nomination criteria and the nomination submission form on the Europlanet Medals website. 

The winners of the awards will be selected by the end of June and will be announced on the Europlanet and the EPSC2026 website.

We look forward to receiving your nominations and honour those who have been doing outstanding work in the exchange of scientific knowledge and ideas!