[ — > download this page as a pdf here ]
The Swiss Micro- and Nanotechnology Network is offering five prizes each of 2’000 CHF for excellent scientific first-author publications in the field of Nanotechnology and Nanoscience published by PhD students in 2018/2019 sponsored by:
The prizes will be awarded at the annual Swiss Nanoconvention conference, being held from 6-7 June 2019, at the EPFL in Lausanne.
Requirements:
As a rule, the work should have been conducted at a Swiss university or research institute and should not be older than 2 years. The manuscript can be written in German, French or English and must be either accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal or published in a peer-reviewed journal in 2018 through March 2019.
The application must include:
- A nomination letter by the PhD advisor (not longer than one page)
- A curriculum vitae of the PhD student including a list of activities and publications (not longer than 2 pages)
- A short summary stating the importance of the work (max 1⁄2 page)
- A PDF copy of the manuscript of the published work
All pdf-files of 1) through 4) must be merged together into a single pdf that takes the name of the PhD student.
This single pdf document must be submitted by 26.4.2019 to the following address (by Email):
Prof. Christian Schönenberger
Department of Physics, University of Basel
Klingelbergstrasse 82
4056 Basel, Switzerland
E-Mail: Christian.Schoenenberger@unibas.ch
Prize Committee:
- Prof. Jens Gobrecht (PSI)
- Dr. Pierangelo Gröning (Empa Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf)
- Prof. Barbara Rothen‐Rutishauser (Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg)
- Prof. Christian Schönenberger (Swiss Nanoscience Institute, University of Basel)
- Dr. Andreas Hafner (BASF Schweiz AG, Dübendorf)
Communication of the prize:
The prize winners will be introduced on the website of the Swiss Micro- and Nanotechnology Network and the award will be handed over by a representative of the sponsor companies at the Swiss Nanoconvention 2019 taking place at the EPFL on 6-7 June.