Travel Award
The Geosciences Travel Award was launched in 2017, and it is presented every year to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in the fields of geoscience, future earth and planetary science, which helps to increase their influence. The application is open from April to October, and winners will be announced by the end of December every year.
The prize consists of the following:
– CHF 500;
– A certificate.
There are two winners.
Geosciences Travel Award
Winner announcement: 31 December 2024
Eligibility and Requirements
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students or research fellows;– Individuals with plans to attend an international conference in 2025 (oral presentation or poster).
List of Documents for Application
– Information on the conference that the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted;– Curriculum Vitae and a list of publications;
– A justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words);
– A letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Andrea Maffeis
Università di Torino, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Jesús Martínez Frías
Chairman
Instituto de Geociencias, IGEO (CSIC-UCM)
Prof. Marco Viccaro
Università di Catania
Dr. Eric Parteli
University of Duisburg-Essen
Prof. Dr. Piotr Migoń
Dr. Deodato Tapete
Italian Space Agency
Dr. Angelos G. Maravelis
School of Geology
Winner
Christian Schiffer
Uppsala University
Ismael Foroughi
University of New Brunswick
Benjamin Chandler
Stockholm University
Hong Chin Ng
University of Bristol, UK
Caterina Gozzi
Department of Earth Sciences - University of Florence (Italy)
Winner
Mussa Raja
ICArEHB - Universidade do Algarve
Patricio Becerra
University of Bern
Winner
Ilya Bobrovskiy
Australian National University
Winner
Amelia Jane Davies
Department of Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
