EurJIC Wöhler Young Investigator Prize

The EurJIC-Wöhler Young Investigator Award is intended to honor a young scientist with a doctorate for outstanding scientific work in the field of inorganic chemistry. This work, in which the young scientist is the corresponding author, should already have been published and should not be more than two years old at the time of nomination. The nominee should represent an independent research area, but not yet have an established academic position or an established position in industry.

The prize is awarded by the Wöhler Association for Inorganic Chemistry of the GDCh and the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (EurJIC). The prize is endowed with EUR 1500.

call for proposals 2026

The Wöhler Association for Inorganic Chemistry of the GDCh and the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (EurJIC) are announcing the EurJIC-Wöhler Young Investigator Award for the year 2026.

The award is intended to be given to a young scientist with a doctorate for an outstanding scientific work in the field of inorganic chemistry. This original work, in which the person being awarded appears as one of the corresponding authors, should already have been published and not be older than two years at the time of nomination. The nominee should represent an independent research area, but not yet hold an established academic or industrial position.

The EurJIC-Wöhler Young Investigator Award is an international award for which candidates of all nationalities, genders and sexual orientations can be nominated.

University lecturers or industry representatives with a related area of ​​responsibility are entitled to make nominations. Self-applications will only be considered in exceptional cases. The selection is made by a jury made up of representatives from universities and industry and appointed by the Board of the Wöhler Association and the EurJIC Board. Legal recourse is excluded.

The prize, which will be awarded during the GDCh Conference on Inorganic Chemistry, which will take place in Jena from September 7th to 9th, includes an award certificate and prize money of €1,500. The award is financially supported by Chemistry Europe, an association of 16 chemical societies from 15 European countries, representing over 75,000 chemists.

The nomination must be made in English. The informal application must include a copy of the nominated person's original scientific work, a detailed justification of the award's eligibility, a detailed CV, a summary of the candidate's scientific publications from the last three years and an expert opinion from at least one other university professor. If the candidate applies independently, the opinions of two university professors are required.

Applications should be submitted electronically to the Wöhler Association for Inorganic Chemistry, GDCh office, Dipl.-Biol. Nicole Bürger, n.buerger@gdch.de, by 30 March 2026.

Call for nominations 2026

The Wöhler Association for Inorganic Chemistry, a division of the GDCh, and the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (EurJIC) are pleased to announce the EurJIC-Wöhler Young Investigator Prize 2026

The prize will be awarded to an early career researcher of any nationality who has completed a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in Chemistry, for an excellent scientific publication in a field within inorganic chemistry. The selected original research article, in which the candidate appears as one of the corresponding authors, should have been published within two years before the nomination. The nominee will be an independent researcher, but not yet in an established (or tenured) academic or industrial position.

Candidates can be nominated by researchers in industry or academia with responsibility in an appropriate field. Only in exceptional cases will self-nominations be considered. The EurJIC-Wöhler Young Investigator Prize is an international award, and nominations are welcome for candidates of all nationalities, races, genders, sexual orientations and countries of residence.

The selection will be made by a jury of representatives of universities and industry appointed by the board of the Wöhler Association, and by members of the Editorial Board of EurJIC. The decision of the jury is final.
The prize comprises a certificate and €1500.- and will be awarded at the “GDCh-Conference on Inorganic Chemistry” to be held in Jena, September 7-9, 2026. The prize is financially supported by Chemistry Europe, an association of 16 chemical societies from 15 European countries, representing over 75,000 chemists.

The complete nomination must be in English and must comprise a copy of the selected published original research article, a detailed Curriculum Vitae, and a list of scientific publications over the past 3 years of the candidate, and also a thorough justification of the nomination and an appraisal of the work of the nominee by at least one other university professor. For self-nominations, at least two such appraisals are required. Nominations should be submitted in electronic form by March 30th, 2026, to the Wöhler Association for Inorganic Chemistry, GDCh Office, Dipl.-Biol. Nicole Bürger, n.buerger@gdch.de.