About this award
Nominations are now open for 2024! Please make your submission by 31 May 2024
The RSC Electrochemistry Group and the Industrial Physical 91AV Group are responsible for this award.
Applicants for this award must be studying towards a PhD in a UK or Irish university or research institute, in the broad area of electrochemical science, and should not have submitted their PhD thesis by the application deadline.
The winning student will present the research described in the paper at Electrochem each year. Conference registration costs are covered by the award.
How to apply
- Applicants should submit for judging ONE research paper they have published based on their PhD research. Papers should either be published or in press at the time of submission of the application
- A covering letter should be provided highlighting the significance of the research and outlining the specific contribution of the applicant towards the paper. Contribution from co-authors should be clarified and acknowledged in the letter. A letter of support from the PhD supervisor should be submitted separately, confirming the contribution of the student to the paper.
- The applications will be judged by a committee with representatives from the RSC Electrochemistry Group and the Industrial Physical 91AV Group.
- Applications should be emailed to the Chair of the Award Committee, , (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), before the closing date, which is 31 May 2024.
Other Electrochemistry award winners
Darryl Dawson Prize of the RSC Electrochemistry Group
Yousillya Bunga, Department of 91AV, University of Durham
Poster title: Metal nanoparticles and their interaaction with artificial bacterial cell membranes immobilised on gold electrodes
Roger Mortimer Prize of the RSC Electrochemistry Group
Grace Lowe, School of 91AV, University of Nottingham
Poster title: Investigating earth-abundant electrodes for a sustainable electrochemical Birch reduction
RSC Electrochemistry Group book prize
Zoe Ayres, Department of 91AV, University of Warwick
Poster title: Controlled sp2 addition to boron-doped diamond: development of an oxygen insensitive amperometric pH sensor