https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/verolog-doctoral-dissertation-prize/
The VeRoLog Doctoral Dissertation Prize (VeRoLog DDP) is issued by the EURO working group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics optimization (VeRoLog) and is awarded at each VeRoLog annual conference.
The purpose of the prize is to distinguish an outstanding PhD thesis on Operational Research methods applied to Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization.
The prize will be awarded at the VeRoLog 2026 conference (Bath, UK, 6-9 July 2026) for theses defended in 2025.
The VeRoLog DDP 2026 jury will only consider PhD theses in Operational Research defended between 1 January 2025, and 31 December 2025. Nominations are NOT restricted to members of societies that belong to the EURO.
To be considered, a dissertation must be nominated by the supervisor of the thesis (one of them in case of multiple supervisors). The supervisor of the dissertation is asked to provide the jury with the following information by Saturday 28 February 2026:
No nomination will be considered without these items.
All information should be sent in electronic form to the chairman of the jury, Prof. Kris Braekers, using a compressed format (e.g. zip) to the email address kris.braekers@uhasselt.be.
Since many PhD theses in OR are defended each year, the jury would like to remind supervisors that this is a very competitive prize and only outstanding pieces of work should be submitted for consideration.
The jury of VeRoLog DDP 2026 is:
The members of the jury will give full consideration to each application. The jury evaluates the applications, taking the following criteria into account:
The jury may decide not to assign the prize if no thesis reaches the required level of quality.
The prize consists of a certificate, a reward of Euro 500, and a fee waiver to the VeRoLog 2026 conference in Bath, UK, 6-9 July 2026, where the prize will be awarded.
The deadline for submitting applications is Saturday 28 February 2026.