Page last updated: April 14, 2025

📢 Calling all “nano” PhD students!

Submit your paper and win one of  five prizes each of 2’000 CHF !

 

We are looking for 5 excellent scientific, first-author publications in the field of Nanotechnology and Nanoscience published by PhD students in 2024/2025.

Winners will receive their prize and be invited to give a short presentation at the Swiss NanoConvention, SNC 2025.

SUBMISSION STATUS:   CLOSED 

 

The prizes are generously offered by the following sponsors:

Requirements:

  • The work should have been conducted at a Swiss university or research institute.
  • The manuscript must be written written up in an English.
  • The manuscript must have been submitted during the PhD period of the applicant.
  • The manuscript must have appeared (at least) online in a peer-reviewed journal in 2024 through March 2025.

The application must include:

  1. A nomination letter by the PhD advisor (not longer than one page)
  2. A curriculum vitae of the PhD student including a list of activities & publications (not longer than 2 pages)
  3. A short summary stating the importance of the work (max ½ page)
  4. A pdf copy of the manuscript of the published work

 

Submission:

All pdf-files of 1) through 4) must be merged into a single pdf that takes the name of the PhD student. This single pdf document must be submitted by email at the latest by  13.4.2025 (April 13, 2025)  [ submissions now closed ] to the following address:

Michel Despont
Vice President
CSEM S.A.
R. Jaquet-Droz 1
2002 Neuchâtel, Switzerland

E-Mail: michel.despont@csem.ch

 

Prize Committee:

Prof. Esther Amstad (EPFL, Lausanne)
Prof. Christian Schönenberger (Swiss Nanoscience Institute, University of Basel)
Prof. Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser (Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg)
Prof. Tobias Lamprecht (OST – Ostschweizer Fachhochschule)
Dr. Pierangelo Gröning (formerly at Empa Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf)
Dr. Andreas Hafner (BASF Schweiz AG, DĂĽbendorf)
Dr. Michel Despont (CSEM S.A.)

Communication of the prize:

The prizes will be awarded at the Swiss NanoConvention SNC 2025.

The prize winners will be published 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 2025, which will take place in Brugg-Windisch from June 12 to June 13, 2025.Â