The EFCE presents a triennial (once every three years) Excellence Award to recognise a PhD thesis or associated paper(s) published in the preceding three-year period, which demonstrate an outstanding contribution to research and/or practice in Mechanics of Particulate Solids. This document describes how this award series will operate and the rules and procedures governing nomination.
The award will comprise:
- A certificate
- A cash award of 1500 EUR
- A travel grant (not exceeding 500 EUR) to attend Partec 2025 where the award will be presented.
The 2025 EFCE Excellence Award in Mechanics of Particulate Solids will be presented at the International Congress on Particle Technology - PARTEC 2025 which will be held in Nuremberg, Germany, on 23-25 September 2025. The winner will be invited to deliver a presentation following the award cermony.
PhD theses or papers published between May 2022 and March 2024 may be nominated for evaluation.
The closing date for nominations is
1 April 2025.
Eligibility
- The award is presented to researchers or engineers in the early stage of their careers, who have made excellent contributions to Mechanics of Particulate Solids in the process industries.
- Nominations may be submitted by PhD supervisors at a PhD-awarding institution in an EFCE member country, or Members of a national or regional member association of EFCE.
- Self-nominations are excluded.
- No more than one nomination can be submitted by the same person.
- The nominated PhD thesis or paper(s) must address a topic relevant to the field of Mechanics of Particulate Solids.
- The nominated PhD thesis or paper(s) must have been published between May 2022 and March 2024.
- The nominated PhD thesis must have been completed and published and the PhD degree examined and awarded.
Nomination procedure, supporting documentation and closing date
Supporting documentation: nominations should be submitted via the online submission form (see below) and must contain the following information:
- Name, address and CV of the nominee
- Name and address of the nominator
- Title of the PhD thesis / paper(s)
- Date work commenced and date at which the PhD thesis was defended
- Letter from the nominator and two letters of recommendation (no more than two pages each), from two independent referees outlining the key contribution to Mechanics of Particulate Solids and stating clearly why the contribution is considered to be truly outstanding and thus deserving the Excellence Award.
- In the case of nominating a PhD thesis: An extended abstract of the thesis in English (maximum 10 pages) containing the following information must be included: summary, problem addressed, state of the art, key scientific and technological innovations, applications, implementations and results, references, and a list of published papers.
- In case of nominating a paper/papers: Copy/copies of the paper(s)
- upon request a copy of the thesis, as published (this will be returned after the evaluation is completed)
Submission Form
- Deadline: Nominations must be submitted to reach the Excellence Award Committee no later than 1 April 2024. Late nominations will not be considered.
Publication of selected work
The successful candidate will be invited to give a presentation at Partec 2025 at which the Award is presented.
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