Excellence Awards / Young Researcher Awards
The EFCE has established a series of Excellence Awards to recognise PhD theses or publications of young researchers published in preceding years which demonstrate the most outstanding contribution to research and/or practice in the scientific fields of the EFCE Working Parties and Sections.
- The call for nominations for the 2026 Carl Wagner Medal is closed.
The next call will open in 2028 for presentation in 2029.
- The 2026 Carl Wagner Medal of Excellence in Elecrochemical Engineering was presented to Dr. Clément Trellu, France, at the 14th European Symposium on Electrochemical Engineering – 14th ESEE, which was held in Glasgow, Scotland, on 8-11 June 2026,
Sponsor: CONDIAS
GENERAL INFORMATION and CALL for NOMINATIONS
- The call for nominations for the 2026 Excellence Award in Recognition of an Outstanding PhD Thesis on CAPE is closed. The next call will open in autumn 2027 for presentation in 2028.
- The call for nominations for the 2027 Excellence Award in Chemical Reaction Engineering will open in autumn 2026.
- The 2018 Excellence Award in Chemical Reaction Engineering was presented at the International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering - ISCRE 2018, in Florence, Italy, in May 2018.
Sponsor: BP International Limited
- Next call for nominations: tbc
GENERAL INFORMATION AND CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
- The call for nominations for the 2026 Excellence Award in Crystallization is closed.
The next call will open in 2028 for presentation in 2029.
- The 2026 Excellence Award winner will be announced in September
- The 2026 Award will be presented at the 23rd International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization (ISIC 2026) which will be held in Budapest, Hungary on 6-9 September 2026.
- Next call for nominations: tbc
- The 2019 Excellence Award in Drying and Freeze-Drying was presented at the 7th European Drying Conference to be held in Torino, Italy, in 2019.
Sponsor: Criofarma s.a.s
GENERAL INFORMATION and CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
- The call for nominations for the 2026 Excellence Award in Fluid Separations is closed.
The next call will open in 2029 for presentation in 2030.
- The 2026 Excellence Award will be presented to Dr. Ana Isabel Carreiro Furtado at the 13th International Conference on Distillation & Absorption - D&A2026 which will be held in Salzburg, Austria on 30 August - 2 September 2026.
- Sponsor: Evonik
- The next call for nominations for the Excellence Award in Mechanics of Particulate Solids will open in autumn 2027 to presentation in 2028.
- The 2025 Excellence Award in Mechanics of Particulate Solids was presented to Dr. Francesca Orsola Alfano at Partec 2025 in Nuremberg, Germany, 23-25 September 2025.
- Sponsor: Jenike & Johanson, Inc
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The next call for nominations for the EFCE-EMS Joint Excellence Award in Membrane Engineering will open in autumn 2026 for presentation in 2027.
- The 2024 EFCE-EMS Joint Excellence Award in Membrane Engineeringwas presented to the Dr. Zhiwei Jiang during a Special Session of EuroMembrane 2024, which was held in Prague, Czech Republic, on 8-12 September 2024.
- The next call for nominations for the Excellence Award in Procss Intensification will open in autumn 2026 for presentation in 2027.
- The award was presented to Dr. Matteo Antognoli on 31 May 2023 at the opening ceremony of the 8th European Process Intensification Conference -EPIC 8, held in Warsaw Poland on 31 May - 2 June 2023.
Sponsor: Microinnova Engineering GmbH
GENERAL INFORMATION and CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
- The next call for nominations for the Excellence Award in Process Safety will open in 2027 for presentation in 2028.
- The 2025 Excellence Award in Process Safety will be presented to Dr. Shuaiqi Yuan at the Loss Prevention 2025 which will be held in Bologna, Italy, on 8-11 June 2025.
- Sponsor: European Process Safety Centre IVZW (EPSC)
- Next call for nominations: tbc
- The 2021 Excellence Award in Product Design and Engineering was presented at ECCE13&ECAB6.
Sponsor: Beiersdorf AG
- The next call for nominations for the Excellence Award in Thermodynamics and Transport Properties will open in 2026 for presentation in 2027.
- The 2025 EFCE Excellence Award in Thermodynamics and Transport Properties was presented to Dr. Carlos Albà I Garriga at the International Conference on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design – PPEPPD 2025 which took place in Bad Gögging, on 11-15 May 2025.
- Sponsor: IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and the EleTher research chair
- The call for nominations for the 2026 Young Researcher Award in Mixing is closed.
The next call will open in 2028 for presentation in 2029.
- The 2026 Young Researcher Award in Mixing will be presented to Dr. Ernest Simon at the 18th European Conference on Mixing - Mixing18, which will be held in Limerick, Ireland, on 30 August - 2 September 2026.
- Sponsor: EKATO