# Demetriades-Tsafka-Kokkalis Prizes

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# Demetriades-Tsafka-Kokkalis Prizes

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## The Demetriades - Tsafka - Kokkalis Prizes

The Demetriades - Tsafka - Kokkalis Prizes were endowed by a generous grant from Sterge Demetriades and his wife Anna Kokkalis Demetriades. [Learn more about the family.](https://demetriades.caltech.edu/background)

Each prize in the first four categories below recognizes outstanding PhD work by a Caltech graduate student in the noted areas. The prize comes with a cash award, and the winners are recognized in a special event prior to Commencement.

- **Biotechnology or Related Fields**,
- **Environmentally Benign Renewable Energy Sources or Related Fields,**
- **Nanotechnology or Related Fields**, and
- **Seismo-Engineering, Prediction, and Protection**

The prize in **Entrepreneurship or Related Fields** is open to both graduate students and undergraduate students across the Institute, and is awarded to a graduating student for the best business plan, proposal, start-up, or related efforts at Caltech.

Nominations are due **May 15, 2026**.

Nominations from Caltech faculty members should be submitted by email to [**Winter Koifman**](https://directory.caltech.edu/personnel/wkoifman) by sending the name and the PhD thesis of the nominee; please indicate which prize you are nominating for. For the Entrepreneurship prize, please provide the name, CV and business plan of the nominee.

The Demetriades - Tsafka - Kokkalis Prizes are announced at Caltech commencement each year.

**The Demetriades - Tsafka - Kokkalis Prize is administered by the Caltech** [**Division of Engineering and Applied Science**](http://www.eas.caltech.edu/)**.**