PhD Award in water chemistry of the Society of Water Chemistry

- sponsored by the Walter Kölle Foundation -

The Society of Water Chemistry of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) has been awarding the water chemistry PhD Award once a year since 1992. The prize recognizes outstanding dissertations that have made important contributions to the further development of a water chemistry topic and have been given an overall grade of very good or better. The award comes with an award certificate and prize money of 1500 euros paid for by the Walter Kölle Foundation. The award ceremony traditionally takes place during the annual "Water" conference of the Society of Water Chemistry. The award is decided by a prize committee appointed by the Division Board .

Submission deadline: 31 October 2024

Objective
The Society of Water Chemistry Division of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) awards the water chemistry PhD Award once a year – sponsored by the Walter Kölle Foundation to recognize an outstanding dissertation that makes an important contribution to the further development of a water chemistry topic.

The price
The award is accompanied by a certificate and prize money of 1500 euros paid by the Walter Kölle Foundation. The prize will be awarded at the Annual Water Conference 2025, which will take place in Münster from May 26-28, 2025. The awardee will be invited to present the award-winning work in a scientific lecture at the Conference . The costs for attending the conference will be borne by the Division. The award will be decided by a prize committee appointed by the Division Board .

nomination
Nominations are usually made by the academic supervisor; self-nominations are expressly excluded. The doctorate was completed after November 1, 2022 and before October 31, 2024 (examination date). The dissertation was rated with an overall grade of very good or better. All nominations include the following documents:

 

• Nomination letter from the academic supervisor
• At least one further reference (preferably doctoral reports and grades of the reports)
• Summary of the dissertation (max. 3 pages)
• Promotion certificate
• complete dissertation
• Publications relevant to the dissertation
• Short CV in tabular form including contact details (email address) and list of publications, patents and conference contributions

submission
Please send your proposal electronically and summarized in a PDF file to the GDCh Office for the attention of Maike Fries.