🎖️ Call for Nominations – The Keith van Rijsbergen (KvR) Award 2026

The KvR Award honours outstanding researchers who have advanced the theoretical foundations of Information Retrieval — those whose work has shaped new models, paradigms, or metrics that deepen our understanding of IR. The award was first presented at ECIR 2024 to Prof. Maarten de Rijke (University of Amsterdam). The second KvR Award will be awarded at ECIR 2026 in Delft!

🔹 Eligibility: active IR researchers with ≥10 years since PhD 🔹 Deadline for nominations: 15 January 2026 🔹 Submit nominations via the form provided below

Read more about the award, nomination process, and find the form to submit your nominations here: https://lnkd.in/emecdsXm, https://ecir2026.eu/calls/keith-van-rijsbergen-award