Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award 2014 for excellent research in surface science
The Surface Science Division of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG) announces the bestowal of the Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award 2014 for excellent research in surface science.
This award recognizes a young researcher for his/her outstanding research in surface science. The award is supported by the journal Surface Science, and consists of a certificate and a renumeration of EUR 3,000. Runner ups will receive EUR 500 each. The winner will be announced at the “DPG Condensed Matter Section Spring Meeting” in Dresden, Germany, 30 March – April 4, 2014.
Young researchers are invited to apply – the procedure is as follows:
- The applicant’s PhD certificate must not date back longer than 6 years from the first day of the conference (March 30, 2014).
- Young investigators who wish to compete for the “Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award” must submit an extended CV (including list of publications, talks, awards, professional experience) and an abstract for a talk (DPG abstract format) plus a two page description of the work to the vice-chairperson of the DPG Surface Science Division (a pdf attachment should be sent to Martin Wolf, wolf(at)fhi-berlin.mpg.de). The email must be received no later than December 1st, 2013. The abstract must also be submitted as a regular contribution to the DPG Spring Meeting of the Surface Science Division following the standard procedure.
- The candidate must also arrange for two confidential support letters to be sent directly to the vice-chairperson of the DPG Surface Science Division. These letters need to be received electronically no later than December 1st, 2013
- The prize committee will select up to five top candidates and these will be asked to give 30-minute (25 min. talk and 5 min. discussion) oral presentations in a special session at the DPG Spring Meeting of the Surface Science Division.
- The prize committee will select the winner and she/he will receive a certificate plus the cash prize of EUR 3,000. The runner ups will receive EUR 500 as recognition of their efforts.