Call for nominations for InterPore Awards

The nomination campaign is open for the following InterPore awards:

Nomination packages should include:

• a nomination letter (maximum length two pages) signed by four scientists
• the candidate’s CV (maximum length ten pages)
• list of publications

Nominations of truly outstanding candidates are solicited from all branches of porous media science and technology. At least two of the nominators should be InterPore members but the nominee does not need to be an InterPore member.

The nominee must be renowned and well established and have a long track record in porous media research and technology. The nomination should highlight the most important achievements of the candidate and make clear the contributions to the advancement of the ideals and aims of InterPore. One major criterion is the scientific services of the nominee to the porous media community and of course his/her other lifetime scientific achievements and contributions. Nominations should be submitted to: nomination@interpore.org.

Honorary Lifetime Membership Award

The Honorary Membership Award is reserved for individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to porous media science and technology, who are world renown in the porous media community, and whose contributions are consistent with the aims and ideals of InterPore. This award will be given to only one individual per year. The award consists of a certificate, lifetime InterPore membership, and a travel grant of 1,000 € for participation in the InterPore Annual Meeting and Conference.

Nomination packages should include:

• a nomination letter (maximum length two pages)
• the candidate’s CV (maximum length ten pages)
• list of publications
• up to five supporting letters (maximum length two pages each)

Nominations of truly outstanding candidates are solicited from all branches of porous media science and technology.

The nomination should highlight the most important achievements of the candidate and make clear the contributions to the advancement of the ideals and aims of InterPore. Nominations should be submitted to: nomination@interpore.org.

InterPore Award for Young Researchers (formerly Fraunhofer Award for Young Researchers)

This award is given every year to a young researcher working in any research area corresponding to the objectives and interests of InterPore, i.e., the understanding, description, and modeling of natural and industrial porous media systems.

Nominees must be young researchers (up to 35 years old) with at most three years of experience after completing their PhD.

Nomination packages should include:

• a full CV of the candidate including a publication list
• a nomination letter (maximum length two pages) including explicit reference to the candidate’s contributions to porous media research
• two supporting letters (maximum length two pages)

Nomination packages should be submitted to nomination@interpore.org.

The award recipient will receive a prize of € 500, an award certificate, InterPore rosette, and free registration at the Annual Meeting of InterPore, where the award will be presented to the recipient.

Procter & Gamble Award for Porous Media Research

The InterPore Procter and Gamble Award for Porous Media Research is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to topics related to swelling porous media, very thin porous media, and modelling of interfaces between porous media. The award includes both 5,000 € and an award certificate.

Nomination packages should include:

• a nomination letter (maximum length two pages) including explicit reference to the contributions to the aforementioned topics
• up to two supporting letters (maximum length two pages)
• copies of related publications (in electronic format) supporting the contributions of the nominee to the aforementioned topics. A specific requirement is that these contributions should have been published in the last five years preceding the year of nomination.
• a full CV of the nominee (maximum length two pages), including a full publication list
• nominees must be members of InterPore

Nomination packages should be submitted to nomination@interpore.org.

Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lectureship

Each year, InterPore selects a porous media researcher with a very high international recognition as the “InterPore Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer on Porous Media Science & Technology”. The Lectureship award is sponsored by a gift from Kimberly-Clark Corporation to the InterPore Foundation. The awardee will share a topic relevant to the industrial porous media community through a series of lectures at various member and non-member organizations.

The Awardee will be selected by the InterPore Foundation at the recommendation of a selection committee. Nominations should be submitted to foundation@interpore.org. The nomination letter (maximum length two pages) should include explicit reference to the nominee’s outstanding record as a lecturer and the significance of her/his research for industrial porous media.

Once the awardee is selected, member and non-member organizations are invited to submit an application form to be considered as a host to the lecturer.