Nomination and Selection criteria 2012

• 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.
• Candidates should be younger than 31 years of age on the closing date for nominations.
• 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.

The candidate's research must be in one of the following fields:

• • Advanced Synthetic Methods (Chemistry & Catalysis)
  • Process Design & Process Technology
  • Biotechnology
  • Nutrition Science
  • Materials Chemistry (Chemistry of Polymers and Resins)
  • Materials Properties and Processing
• The candidate's work may cover fundamental or applied research.
• The research must concern a process, product, applied technology or concept that is new to experts in the field
• 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
• The research must not be socially or politically controversial
• The research must be suitable for publication 

• Candidates must be nominated by their PhD supervisor (the general rule is one nomination per supervisor)
• Nominations must be made in writing in English
• 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 accepted PhD related publications, including DOI, the impact factor of the journal and/or the number of citations according to Journal Citations Reports; a second list may contain other publications
  • Copies of submitted and/or accepted key publications (max. 3 ) in full length
  • The candidate’s complete curriculum vitae, incl. date of birth and (expected) date of PhD defense
  • 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
• Nominations must be received no later than 5 p.m. on 1 March 2012. Any nominations received after the deadline will be excluded from participation.