Travel Award

The application deadline of the Travel Award is extended. Entries will be accepted until 31 December 2025. We are looking forward to applications from all over the world.


Membranes 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 field of Membranes, which helps to grow their profile. The application process is open from April to October every year and winners are announced by the end of December.

The Prize:
– CHF 500;
– A certificate.

Number of Winners: 1

 
Membranes Travel Award
 
Application deadline: 31 December 2025
Winner announcement: 28 February 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.
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Soyoun Kim
Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea

Award Committee

Prof. Spas Kolev Chairperson
The University of Melbourne
Prof. Philippe Knauth
Aix Marseille University
Prof. Shiro Suetsugu
NAIST
Dr. Eric Guibal
Institut Mines Telecom - Mines Ales
Prof. Dr. Bart Van der Bruggen

Winner

Yusak Hartanto
Université Catholique de Louvain, France
Amilton Barbosa Botelho Junior
University of Sao Paulo / Stanford University, USA

Award Committee

Prof. Spas Kolev Chairperson
The University of Melbourne
Prof. Dr. Efrem Curcio
Dr. Benjamin Hsiao
Stony Brook University
Prof. Philippe Knauth
Aix Marseille University
Dr. Clàudia Fontàs
University of Girona

Winner

Ralph Rolly Gonzales
University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Award Committee

Prof. Spas Kolev Chairperson
The University of Melbourne
Prof. Yingchao Dong
Dalian University of Tehchnology
Dr. Clara Casado Coterillo
Universidad de Cantabria
Prof. Leonard Tijing
University of Technology Sydney
Prof. Marina Prisciandaro
University of L'Aquila

Winner

Gaetan Blandin
Lequia-university of Girona, Spain
Anna Siekierka
Wroclaw Univeristy of Science and Technology, Poland

Winner

Edyta Rynkowska
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland

Winner

Ludovic Dumee
Deakin Univeristy, Australia
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