Dear colleagues,

NITS 2024 will take place on 06 June 2025 in Tilburg University, hosted by the ISMT group.

This year’s edition will feature a best Master thesis award. Hereby we would like to invite you to submit a nomination for the master thesis award. 

The thesis should adhere to the following criteria:

1. The thesis should be written in Dutch, English or French.
2. The thesis should be in the general field of Translation and Interpreting Studies, including but not limited to: 
   1. Translation studies
   2. Interpreting
   3. Machine translation
   4. Translation technology
   5. Human-AI interaction (in the context of translation)
3. The thesis should be finished at the time of submission. We accept theses completed in the academic year 2023/2024.
4. The thesis should be from a Masters program of an accredited Belgian or Dutch university.
5. A minimum mark of 8.5/10 or 17/20 (85% of the total points) must have been awarded for the theses submitted.
6. The thesis must be submitted in its original and graded form.
7. The submitted thesis must be accompanied by:
   1. a support letter from the supervisor of no longer than 500 words, written in English. The letter should state why the thesis meets the criteria of academic quality and originality.
   2. A layman summary of the thesis in Dutch, English or French of no longer than 500 words outlining the problem, the methodology, the novelty and contribution and (ii) the thesis itself.
   3. A curriculum vitae of the student (maximum 2 A4 pages).
8. The thesis should be submitted no later than 23:59:59 02 May 2025 (CET) via EasyChair (check the website for the correct link). 

The award will be announced on the day of the meeting. 

Please consult the webpage of the conference for more information: https://nitsnetwork.github.io/ 

Feel free to share this CfP with your colleagues and students.

We look forward to seeing you in Tilburg,

The organisation committee:

Fred Blain, Dimitar Shterionov, Gys-Walt van Egdom, Ana Guerberof, Susana Valdez