LZA balvu konkurss 2027

The LZA Award Competition is an annual set of named prizes administered by the Latvian Academy of Sciences (Latvijas Zinātņu akadēmija). In 2027 six named awards will be granted across different fields, including prizes for young researchers. Works submitted to the competition are evaluated by expert committees and winning works are preserved in the University of Latvia Academic Library.

Named LZA awards (prizes); laureates' works are kept in the University of Latvia Academic Library.

Candidates must be nominated by LZA full members, scientific institution councils, university senates or boards. Awards on the basis of submitted works are granted to masters, doctoral students or young researchers no older than 30 years at the time of application; nominators must submit specified supporting documents.

Candidates must be nominated by eligible nominators (LZA full members, scientific institute councils or university senates/boards) and submit a dossier of documents (recommendation, work, CV, author annotation, etc.) signed with a valid electronic signature via email by the deadline.