IAIK Student Research Excellence Award

Every student at IAIK who becomes a co-author of a scientific publication in the context of a thesis or project receives this award. This award is handed over each year at our Bachelor@IAIK event for peer-reviewed scientific publications accepted for publication in the last year. The award consists of an Award Certificate and a Graz voucher (GrazGutschein) worth 200 Euro. This award is generously sponsored by Stiftung SIC.

IAIK Bachelor Excellence Award 2025

This award is for students majoring in “Information Security” at TU Graz and who have completed their Bachelor’s degree with distinction at TU Graz. The next awards will be handed over in October 2025. The concrete procedure and eligibility for these awards in 2025 are as follows: A student is eligible for the award if they have completed a Bachelor’s degree at TU Graz with distinction (Gesamtbeurteilung „mit Auszeichnung bestanden“) and if that student enrols for a major in “Information Security” as part of a Master’s degree program in Computer Science (CS), Information and Computer Engineering (ICE), or Software Engineering and Management (SEM) at TU Graz between October 1st, 2024 and September 30, 2025.

The award consists of an Award Certificate and up to 1.000 Euro. The financial part of the award will be done after the awardee has successfully completed 20 ECTS of the catalogue “Information Security” according to the Master curriculum for CS, ICE, or SEM at TU Graz and has completed at least half of the compulsory courses required for a major in “Information Security” according to the corresponding degree program. Award payments are bound to this requirement, as well as the commitment to complete the “Information Security” major. The total payment sum for the IAIK Bachelor Excellence Awards is limited to 8.000 euros. No student will receive more than 1.000 euros. If there are more than eight awardees, the total payment sum of Euro 8.000 will be distributed equally among all awardees.

Apply until Oct 9^th 2025! Eligible students are required to apply for the award by sending an email to awards@iaik.tugraz.at that includes name, student ID number, a transcript of records of the completed Bachelor’s degree, and a copy of the corresponding Bachelor’s certificate.

The award program is planned to continue in 2026 and will be announced at Bachelor@IAIK in 2025. However, there is only an award program with a dedicated written public announcement on the IAIK website. The conditions for the award may be updated at any point in time through an update of the award announcement on the IAIK website. This award is generously sponsored by Stiftung SIC. Payments to awardees will be made directly by Stiftung SIC.