Awards and Poster Prizes
GEC Early Career Award
Early Career Researchers (< 10 years post PhD) represent the future driving force of Low Temperature Plasma/Collisions Science. The most accomplished individuals in this group will likely become leaders in these fields. Thus, appreciating their work and encouraging them to continue pursuing their careers is of key importance to the GEC community.
The Executive Committee of GEC will award one GEC Early Career Award in odd-numbered years, when the Allis-Prize is not awarded, to an Early Career Researcher in low temperature plasma/collisions science, who has made outstanding contributions to topics relevant to the GEC. Early Career Researcher is here defined as less than 10 years after PhD. The early career period can be extended to as long as 13 years based on documented family leaves that have interrupted research. The award will be $3,000 and a diploma citing the contributions made by the recipient along with hotel accommodation and a waived registration fee to attend the GEC at which the award will be presented. The Award winner will give a presentation on his/her work following presentation of the award. This will be an invited talk. The award will be presented at the banquet.
Nomination procedure:
Self-nominations are not permitted. The nomination package must include a:
- Letter of not more than 5,000 characters evaluating the qualifications of the nominee.
- Abstract for potential invited talk.
- CV of the nominee including the date of PhD.
- Publication list of the nominee including previous GEC contributions.
- At least two, but not more than four, seconding letters
- Explanation for request for extending the Early Career period.
Selection procedure:
The winner will be determined by the GEC Early Career Award Committee formed by a senior member of the Executive Committee, who will serve as committee chair. The sole evaluation criterion is scientific excellence in fields relevant to GEC.
The application materials must be emailed as a single PDF file to Mark Kushner (mjkush@umich.edu) by noon US Central Time (5 pm GMT) on May 31st, 2021.
Application Deadline: May 31, 2021
GEC Student Award for Excellence
To encourage and recognize the important contributions students make to the Gaseous Electronics Conference, specifically, and to the plasma/atomic-molecular optical science fields, in general, the GEC Executive Committee will recognize one (1) student presenter with the GEC Student Award for Excellence. Finalists will be announced on the meeting website before the meeting and will present their work at the conference. The student award recipient will be announced during the banquet. The award consists of cash ($1,000 USD) and a certificate.
To be eligible for the award, the student must present a contributed talk (not a poster), provide a recommendation letter from the student's research supervisor, a supporting letter from the student, a copy of the student's abstract, and a curriculum vitae of the student and submit the application materials as a single PDF file before the application deadline. No more than one student may be nominated per supervisor.
The student application should contain:
- a copy of the student's abstract
- a one-page supporting letter from the student including, among other aspects, a description of the motivation for doing the research, the relevance of the work to plasma/atomic-molecular optical science, a list of all collaborators on the project, and the scope of the student's contribution to the project
- a two-page-maximum curriculum vitae of the student (including educational background, research experience, professional affiliations, publications, patents, presentations, and awards)
- a one-page recommendation letter from the supervisor including, among other aspects, the student's creative contribution to the project, the duration of the student's participation in the project, and unique project-related qualifications of the student
The application materials must be emailed as a single PDF file to Aranka Derzsi (derzsi.aranka@wigner.hu) by noon US Central Time (5 pm GMT) on June 18th, 2021.
Please contact Aranka Derzsi if you have any questions.
The GEC Student Awards Committee will review the nominations and select the finalists for the Student Award for Excellence. Members of the GEC Student Awards Committee will also serve as judges. Judges will attend the finalists' oral presentations and select the award recipient.
Application Deadline: Tuesday, June 18
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GEC Student-Poster Prizes
Three student posters will be selected by the GEC Executive Committee and recognized during the banquet. The GEC gratefully acknowledges the important contributions students make to GEC. The GEC gratefully acknowledges support by Springer Publishing (springer.com) toward the recognition of important contributions students make to the Gaseous Electronics Conference.
To be eligible for the award:
- the student must present a poster as first author
- register for the poster judging before the application deadline
More than one student from the same advisor may apply. At most one student per advisor will be awarded this Poster Prize.
The student application should contain:
- The title of the student's abstract
- The name of the advisor
Student applications are to be emailed to the chair of the GEC 2021 Student Poster Prize Committee Dr. Rao Mentreddy (rmentreddy@gmail.com) by noon US Central Time (5 pm GMT) on October 5, 2021.
Application Deadline: October 5, 2021
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