Travel Award

Chemistry Travel Award was launched in 2020, and it is to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in the field of chemistry, which helps to grow their profile. The application process is open from April to December and winners are announced by the end of March next year.

The Prize:
– CHF 800;
– A certificate.

Number of Winners: 1

 
Chemistry Travel Award
 
Application deadline: 31 December 2025
Winner announcement: 31 March 2026

Eligibility and Requirements

– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students;
– Plans to attend an international conference in 2026 (oral presentation or poster).

List of Documents for Application

– Information of 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 as a postdoctoral fellow/PhD student.

 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Mingyan Chuai
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Igor V. Alabugin Chairman
Prof. Dr. George O'Doherty
Dr. Narcis Avarvari
Prof. Dr. Huan Pang
Yangzhou University
Prof. Dr. Matthias Lehmann
University of Würzburg

Winner

Mesias Orozco-Ic
Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Igor V. Alabugin Chairman
Dr. Felix Plasser
Loughborough University
Prof. Bartolo Gabriele
Prof. Dr. Matthias Lehmann
University of Würzburg
Prof. Dr. Craig Rice
Department of Chemical Sciences
Dr. Tomás R. Reina

Winner

Zihao (Rei) Gao
Institute of Materials Science of Madrid, Spanish National Research Council (ICMM, CSIC)

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Edwin Charles Constable Chairman
University of Basel
Prof. Dr. George O'Doherty
Prof. Dr. Huan Pang
Yangzhou University
Prof. José Antonio Odriozola

Winner

Maria Antonietta Casulli
Department of Materials and Life Science, Sophia University Yotsuya Campus, 7-1 Kioi-Cho, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 102-8554 Japan

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Edwin Charles Constable Chairman
University of Basel
Prof. Catherine Housecroft
University of Basel
Dr. Michael Ward
University of Warwick
Prof. Dr. George O'Doherty
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