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Catalysts Travel Award
Application deadline: 31 October 2025
Winner announcement: 31 December 2025
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students; – Plans to attend an international conference in 2026 (oral presentation or poster).
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– Information about the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted; – Curriculum Vitae and list of publications; – Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words); – Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Ana Orozco Saumell
University Autonomous of Madrid, Spain
Award Committee
Dr. Keith Hohn
Chairman
Kansas State University
Dr. Bin Lin
Dr. Jiefang Zhu
Uppsala University
Dr. Raffaella Mancuso
Universita' della Calabria
Prof. Stanisław Wacławek
Technical University of Liberec
Winner
Barbara Procacci
University of York
Award Committee
Dr. Keith Hohn
Chairman
Kansas State University
Prof. Jie Fan
Zhejiang University
Prof. Dr. Laura Orian
Università degli Studi di Padova
Dr. Antonio Romerosa
Prof. Dr. Sónia AC Carabineiro
NOVA University of Lisbon, Faculty of Science and Technology
Winner
Shiva Mohajernia
Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Siegen, Germany
Award Committee
Dr. Keith Hohn
Chairman
Kansas State University
Prof. Vincenzo Vaiano
University of Salerno
Prof. Dr. Detlef W. Bahnemann
Leibniz Universitaet Hannover
Prof. Kotohiro Nomura
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Winner
Cédric Barroo
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Kai S. Exner
Sofia University (Bulgaria)
Winner
Juan Vicente Alegre Requena
Colorado State University
Winner
Shangqian Zhu
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Winner
Michiel Dusselier
Dr. Bert Sel’s laboratory at KU-Leuven
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