The EUROTHERM Prize and Awards are proposed by the EUROTHERM Prize Committee, appointed by EUROTHERM Committee and consisting of Committee Members, on the basis of the scientific level of the PhD Thesis, originality and generality of the work, importance of the results for thermal sciences, and suitability of the modelling and/or of the experimental methods for thermal sciences. Candidates are PhDs selected by national bodies or committees, up to two candidates from each country represented within the EUROTHERM Committee. The Prize and Awards are presented to stimulate young scientists towards the research work in the field of thermal sciences. Young scientists need to be properly and quickly introduced in the scientific community and this is the aim of the EUROTHERM initiative through the Young Scientist Prize and Awards.