NOMINATION PROCEDURE

Following are the different methods for candidature nomination for the award:

• Members of the NANOSMAT Awards Committee can nominate candidates.
• Any senior and prominent scientist or researcher, belonging to an internationally recognised and established institution, can nominate any one candidate for the prize (one nomination per person). However, such nominations must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from the proposer supporting the nominated candidate for the award.

Direct applications by the candidates

The candidates will need to email their updated CV´s covering the mentioned criteria (see below) to info@nanosmat-conference.com 

For the 2012 NANOSMAT Prize, the deadline for nomination submissions is 28 February 2013

NB: Late nominations will not be considered.

CRITERIA

The candidates must satisfy the following criteria:

1) Leadership

The candidate must be a senior (or young but very dynamic) scientist and a recognised leader in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology with a distinguished track record of original contributions in the NANO related field.

2) Research funding

It is essential that the scientist has an excellent track record of attracting financial support from funding institutes or centres to support their work.

3) Publications

The scientist must have published extensively in international peer reviewed and high impact factor journals (showing good citation index results).

4) Honors

The candidate's international scientific visibility/credibility consequent of his/her significant contributions and professional standing in the field of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology need to be profound and apparent. Evidence of international professional standing would be judged based on factors such as, international invitations, books authored, edited books/journals, other major prizes, international honors (honorary degrees, titles), etc.

5) Innovation

The scientist should be or have been engaged with innovative and cutting edge research. Scientists holding patents and involved with spin-out companies set up as a result of their work would be advantaged for this award.

NATURE OF AWARD

The prize will be composed of the following:

1. Personalised Plaque

2. A check for a modest amount

The award is presented at the NANOSMAT conference and announced on the official NANOSMAT website www.nanosmat-conference.com

RULES

A candidate can only receive the prize once and not more than this.

1. The winner needs to attend the NANOSMAT conference in order to receive the prize.

2. NANOSMAT PRIZE Lecture would be given by the recipient at the conference.

3. The selection committee members cannot be considered for the award (unless they no longer sit in the selection committee).

4. Unsuccessful candidates can be re-considered for the award the following 2 years. herefore, they will be in the system for a total of three years.

SELECTION PROCESS

The NANOSMAT Awards Committee will review the applications (candidates CV) and select one successful scientist.

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PAST PRIZE RECIPIENTS:

2009 – Professor Jeff De-Hosson, University of Groningen, Netherlands