The DICO doctoral award is entering its next round. For the third time, the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Institute for Compliance – DICO e.V. – will honor outstanding doctoral achievements in the field of compliance research.
The prize is awarded for excellent dissertations in German or English that were accepted for doctoral studies at a university in Germany or in German-speaking countries in the calendar years 2023/2024. The award of the doctoral prize, which is endowed with 2,500 euros, and the presentation of the doctoral topic will take place at the DICO FORUM 2025 on 30.9.2025 in Berlin.
Applications are open to doctoral candidates from all academic disciplines whose outstanding dissertation is related to compliance and is characterized by academic excellence, topicality of the topic, relevance to compliance practice and interdisciplinarity. Legal and business aspects of compliance, sustainability, communication, organizational psychology or behavioural research can be exemplary subjects of the dissertation. We look forward to receiving your submission.
For the application, the dissertation, first and second opinion as well as a CV must be submitted as PDF documents in electronic form. Please send your complete
documents by 31.03.2025 to the following email address: info@dico-ev.de.
The scientific advisory board of DICO e.V. decides on the awarding of the prize.
Legal recourse is excluded