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📢 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.

 

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 7.4.2025 (April 7, 2025) 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