This prestigious award, initiated by the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), aims to recognize and promote outstanding doctoral research in the field of computational linguistics and natural language processing. Presented annually at the ACL conference, the award includes a monetary prize and funding to cover the recipient's travel expenses to attend the conference. Additionally, the recipient will deliver an oral presentation during a special session at the conference and receive a certificate presented by the current President of ACL. Each year, one winner will be selected, and there may be several runners-up.
Nominations should be submitted by the candidate's PhD advisor. For the inaugural award, the deadline for nominations is January 31, 2025 (at 11.59 pm, AOE). Further details, including submission guidelines, can be found at this link (https://bit.ly/cl-dissertation-award).