The Euro­pean Fed­er­a­tion of the Cat­alyt­ic Soci­eties (EFCATS) Board announces the exten­sion of the dead­line for the appli­ca­tions of two EFCATS awards: the Young Researchers Award and the Applied Catal­y­sis Award. The new dead­line is April 15th 2013.

Young Researchers Award

 
The EFCATS Award aims to rec­og­nize indi­vid­ual con­tri­bu­tions in the field of het­ero­ge­neous catal­y­sis with empha­sis on the­o­ret­i­cal or exper­i­men­tal dis­cov­ery and under­stand­ing of new cat­a­lysts and cat­alyt­ic process­es, syn­the­sis and cat­alyt­ic func­tion of nov­el inor­gan­ic solids and com­plex­es, mech­a­nisms of reac­tions, deac­ti­va­tion phenomena.

The can­di­dates for the award must have already shown the poten­tial for research inde­pen­dence and evi­dence of matu­ri­ty. Appli­cants should also be able to demon­strate a promis­ing track-record of ear­ly achieve­ments appro­pri­ate to their spe­cif­ic research field and career stage, includ­ing sig­nif­i­cant pub­li­ca­tions (as main author) in major inter­na­tion­al peer-reviewed mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary sci­en­tif­ic jour­nals, or in the lead­ing inter­na­tion­al peer-reviewed jour­nals of catal­y­sis field. They may also demon­strate a record of invit­ed pre­sen­ta­tions in well-estab­lished inter­na­tion­al con­fer­ences, grant­ed patents, awards, prizes etc.

Selec­tion of the Award win­ner will be made by a com­mit­tee of renowned sci­en­tists appoint­ed by the Pres­i­dent and vice-pres­i­dent of The Euro­pean fed­er­a­tion of Catal­y­sis Soci­eties. Selec­tion shall be made on the basis of excel­lence. The award win­ner must not have turned 41, March 1st of the award year. Thus, nom­i­na­tion doc­u­ments should indi­cate the date of birth of the nominee.

Nom­i­na­tions for the Award should prove the candidate’s excel­lence and will include:

• A pre­sen­ta­tion let­ter in which the mer­its of the can­di­date are detailed. The pre­sen­ta­tion let­ter should be pre­pared by the per­son propos­ing the candidate.
• Two fur­ther rec­om­men­da­tion letters.
• The candidate’s CV (high­light­ing a date of birth).

Nom­i­na­tion doc­u­ments should be sub­mit­ted in one com­plete pack­age to the Pres­i­dent of EFCATS (Aveli­no Cor­ma at corma@itq.upv.es) before April 15, 2013.

Applied Catalysis Award

 
Selec­tion of the Award win­ner will be made by a com­mit­tee of renowned sci­en­tists includ­ing a major­i­ty of cur­rent or pre­vi­ous indus­tri­al sci­en­tists appoint­ed by the Pres­i­dent and vice-pres­i­dent of The Euro­pean fed­er­a­tion of Catal­y­sis Soci­eties from names sug­gest­ed by mem­bers of the EFCATS board. Com­mit­tee mem­bers who are cur­rent or recent employ­ees of the com­pa­ny of any nom­i­nee shall abstain from vot­ing on that pro­pos­al. Selec­tion shall be made on the basis of excel­lence sci­en­tif­ic nov­el­ty, tech­ni­cal achieve­ments in devel­op­ment and scale-up, inter­dis­ci­pli­nary team­work between sci­en­tists and engi­neers, with empha­sis on actu­al or poten­tial com­mer­cial application.

Nom­i­na­tions for the Award should prove the candidate’s excel­lence and will include:

• A pre­sen­ta­tion let­ter in which the mer­its of the candidate(s) are indi­cat­ed (pre­pared by the per­son propos­ing the candidate(s)),
• A list of the achieve­ments of the candidate(s) con­firmed by the com­pa­ny apply­ing the new con­tri­bu­tion with­in a sup­port­ing letter.
• A detailed CV of the candidate(s).

Nom­i­na­tion doc­u­ments should be sub­mit­ted in one com­plete pack­age to the Pres­i­dent of EFCATS (Aveli­no Cor­ma at corma@itq.upv.es) before April 15, 2013.