N3C Award 2025
The N3C organizing committee is pleased to call for nominations for the N3C award to be given to an outstanding early career researcher principle investigator working in the field of catalysis in the Netherlands or Flanders.
The purpose of the N3C award is to recognize outstanding, recent work in catalysis and chemistry research by an early career PI. The N3C award is intended to stimulate the next generation of talented, up-and-coming catalysis researchers and to put them in the spotlight of our catalysis community as well as abroad. The fourth N3C award will be presented during the 26th N3C (March 10 - 12, 2025) and consists of a certificate, artwork and an N3C award lecture given in plenary format at the N3C conference in 2025.
To be eligible for nomination, a nominee should:
- be an active researcher working at a university or research institute in the Netherlands or Flanders
- be active in a research field relevant to the N3C conference (including, but not limited to homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, catalytic chemical conversions, catalysis engineering, computational and theoretical catalysis, coordination chemistry, biocatalysis, electro- or photocatalysis)
- have received a PhD degree not more than 10 years prior to the nomination deadline (compensation for (child)care will be considered upon request; the rules adopted by the NWO for extension of the eligibility apply: https://www.nwo.nl/en/extension-clause)
- have performed outstanding, independent research work in the past 4 years (covering the period from 15 JAN 2021 - 15 JAN 2025). Special weight will be given to independence of thought and originality.
Guidelines for nominations
- Nominations can be submitted by all PIs employed by a university or research institute in the Netherlands or Flanders; self-nominations are not allowed
- Nomination should be accompanied by a recommendation letter (1-2 pages). The letter should describe the nominee's work and how it is aligned with the purpose, eligibility, and/or criteria of the award, the impact on the discipline, the significance (scientific or otherwise) of this effort, and the benefits to the catalysis society.
- Nomination should include a Curriculum Vitae with full publication list.
- Nominations should be additionally endorsed by at least one PI that is not from the same unviersity or institute. The endorsement letter(s) should clearly describe the impact of the work on the discipline, the significance of the research findings, and the way the Award’s purpose and criteria have been met.
- Deadline for nominations is January 15, 2025.
Nominations (the complete package) should be emailed to nccc@tudelft.nl. The selection committee of the N3C award will consist of N3C board members as well as selected industrial and academic experts (to be decided upon, depending on the nominations).
For information and/or questions, please contact Dr. Caroline E. Paul, c.e.paul@tudelft.nl
