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The application deadline of the Travel Award is extended. Entries will be accepted until 28 February 2025. We are looking forward to applications from all over the world.
The Minerals Travel Award was launched in 2016, and it is awarded every year to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in the fields of mineralogy, mineral geochemistry and geochronology, economic mineral resources, mineral exploration, innovative mining techniques, and advances in mineral processing, in order to increase their influence. Applications will open from April to October and the winners will be announced by the end of December every year.
The Prize: – CHF 800; – A certificate.
Number of Winners: 2
Minerals Travel Award
Application deadline: 28 February 2025
Winner announcement: 30 April 2025
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students, research fellows; – Plans to attend an international conference in 2025 (oral presentation or poster).
List of Documents for Application
– Information of the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted; – Curriculum Vitae and list of publications; – Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words); – Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Behzad Vaziri Hassas
Columbia University
Galina Kiriukhina
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Sylvester
Chairman
Texas Tech University
Prof. Bojan A. Marinković
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
Prof. Dr. Alberto Perez-Huerta
Prof. Dr. Federica Zaccarini
Faculty of Science, Physical and Geological Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Dr. Jaroslav Dostal
Winner
Gloria Belén Ramírez-Rodríguez
University of Granada
Francesco Izzo
DiSTAR, University of Naples Federico II
Ahmad Hassanzadeh
n/a
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Sylvester
Chairman
Texas Tech University
Prof. Saeed Chehreh Chelgani
Lulea university of technology
Dr. Anita Parbhakar-Fox
Prof. Mostafa Fayek
University of Manitoba
Winner
Timothy Gregory
School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
Nicola Campomenosi
Department of Earth Science, Environment & Life, University of Genova, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy
Juliane Weber
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Sylvester
Chairman
Texas Tech University
Prof. Mku Ityokumbul
Pennsylvania State University
Prof. Dr. Maria Boni
Prof. Dr. Alberto Perez-Huerta
Winner
Elizaveta Kovaleva
Department of Geology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Winner
Ayla Pamukçu
a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, USA, and Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Science, Brown University, USA
Jessica Hamilton
Ph.D. student at the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Australia
Winner
Mattia L. Mazzucchelli
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, Italy
Anita Parbhakar-Fox
Transforming the Mining Value Chain (TMVC) ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub, University of Tasmania
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