Premi de la Secció de Filosofia i Ciències Socials (SFCS)

The SFCS Prize is awarded to promote and distinguish doctoral theses written in Catalan within the disciplines of the Secció de Filosofia i Ciències Socials (communication and anthropology, law, economics, philosophy, geography and demography, pedagogy and psychology, sociology and political science). Eligible works must be unpublished doctoral theses defended no more than two years before the date of the call and meet the SFCS research prioritization criteria. The prize carries a monetary award of €3,000 and an official diploma, and the SFCS may include the winning work in its publications with the author's consent. Candidatures are submitted electronically and the submission receipt must be sent signed to the organiser's email.

€3,000 prize and an official diploma; possibility of inclusion in SFCS publications with the author's consent.

Doctoral theses written in the Catalan language that are unpublished and were defended at most two years before the date of the call. Theses must fit the SFCS subject areas and satisfy SFCS prioritization criteria; works previously awarded or subsidised outside the university sphere or published wholly or partly are ineligible (except inclusion in academic repositories).

Submit candidature via the online form on the IEC website with a non-editable digital copy of the thesis (file ≤100 MB). Send the signed electronic submission receipt to premis@iec.cat. The selection committee comprises three SFCS members.