Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award
For Excellent Research in Surface Science
Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award | Previous Winners
The Application Process for the Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award 2025
The "Surface Science Division of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG)" invites young researches, with no restrictions to nationality or home institution, to apply.
This prestigious award recognizes a young researcher for his/her outstanding research in surface science. The award is supported by the journal Surface Science and consists of a certificate and a remuneration of EUR 3,000. Runner ups will receive EUR 500 each. The winner will be selected and announced at the DPG Spring Meeting of the Surface Science Division in March 2025 in Regensburg.
The procedure is as follows:
The applicant's PhD certificate must not date back longer than 6 years from the first day of the conference (March 16th, 2025).
Young investigators who wish to compete for the "Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award" must submit a regular, contributed talk to the DPG Spring Meeting of the Surface Science Division following the standard procedure. In addition, they need to submit an extended CV (including list of publications, talks, awards, professional experience), a two-page description of their work, and a copy of their DPG abstract.
This package should be emailed as one pdf attachment to the chairman of the prize committee, Petra Tegeder tegeder@uni-heidelberg.de. The email must be received no later than December 2nd, 2024
The candidate must also arrange for two confidential support letters to be sent directly to Petra Tegeder. These letters need to be received electronically no later than December 9th, 2024.
The prize committee will select up to five top candidates and these will be invited to give 30-minute (25 min. talk and 5 min. discussion) oral presentations in a special session at the DPG Spring Meeting of the Surface Science Division.
The prize committee will select the winner and she/he will receive a certificate plus the cash prize of EUR 3,000. The runner ups will receive EUR 500 as recognition of their efforts. The prize will be awarded during the Annual General Meeting of the DPG Surface Science Division.