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Candidates
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Candidates must be enrolled as PhD students (preferably in the final stage) at
or have obtained their PhD at a university in either of the relevant regions.
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Candidates should be younger than 31 years of age on the closing date for
nominations.
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Candidates who have already obtained their PhD must not have defended their
PhD thesis before 1 March of the year preceding the year of the award.
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The candidate's research must be in one of the following fields:
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Chemistry (including Biochemistry) - Analytics - Formulation -
Chemical/Process Engineering - Biotechnology - Food Technology -
Nutrition (Human and Animal) - Materials Science and Technology
(including Biomedical Materials)
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The candidate's work may cover fundamental or applied research.
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The research must concern a process, product, applied technology or concept
that is new to experts in the field
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The research must be clearly linked to potential short-term or long-term
applications, which may or may not be related to DSM’s current activities
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The research must not be socially or politically controversial
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The research must be suitable for publication
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Nominations
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Candidates must be nominated by their PhD supervisor (the general rule is one
nomination per supervisor)
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Nominations must be made in writing in English
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Supervisors must submit their nomination by e-mail to the contact
persons for their respective regions and attach the following five items,
each in a separate PDF file:
- A summary of the candidate’s work (max.
5 pages), preferably written by the candidate - A list of all relevant
publications, including the impact factor of the journal and/or the number of
citations according to Journal Citations Reports - Copies of submitted
and/or accepted key publications (max. 3 ) in full length - The
candidate’s complete curriculum vitae - A personal letter of
recommendation from the supervisor explaining how the candidate has met the
research criteria listed above and why their work deserves an Award
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Nominations must be received no later than 5 p.m. on 1 March 2010. Any
nominations received after the deadline will be excluded from participation.
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