During their annual workshop, within the scope of the spring meeting of the German Physical Society (DPG), the DPG Physics of Socio-Economic Systems Division (Φ·SOE) annually awards the

The Young Scientist Award (YSA) seeks to promote the work of young researches and honors exceptional original contributions that use methods from physics to gain a better understanding of socio-economic problems. The prize is currently supported by d-fine and endowed with 5000 Euro. It is intended for young scientists not older than 40 years. Information on previous winners can be found on the left.

The submission for nominations was closed December 1, 2011. The 2012 awardee of the young scientist award will be announced shortly.