Call for the DCMP Young Scientist Award 2025
The DCMP announce the call of the DCMP Young Scientist Award to honor young researchers with excellent research achievements. The award is organized by the division of condensed matter physics (DCMP) of AAPPS. The DCMP encourage all young researchers working in Asia-Pacific region to apply the award.
Eligibility
1. The awardee must have obtained a PhD in physics or an equivalent degree no more than 8 years prior to the date of nomination. 2. The awardee must have done the work to be awarded when one had an affiliation to an institution in the AAPPS member country region. 3. The awardee must have an affiliation to an institution in a member country region at the time of nomination. The awardee must be the member of the DCMP.
Channel of Nominations
1. Nomination is requested to submit by the recommender and no selfnomination is accepted. All regular DCMP member can recommend one candidate every year.
Selection Process
The selection will be made in two-steps processes. 1. Selection of the several final candidates by the review of the application documents. 2. Presentation at the DCMP annual conference-AC2MP and the final decision (A part of the registration fee may be waived for the finalists). 3. The award consists of one gold medal and a few silver medals. The numbers may depend on number of applicants and finalists. 4. A selection committee appointed by the DCMP shall determine the recipient of the prize from the nominations taking into account 1)the overall quality and 2)significance of the contribution and 3)the creativity and originality exhibited in the contribution. The prizes will be presented at the DCMP annual meeting.
Nomination Deadline and format
1. Nominations deadline is April 30th 2025. 2. To reduce the road of applicant, we use a similar format with AAPPS CN-Yang award. Please note that there are a few important differences. 3. Nomination package should includes. a. Letter of Recommendation not more than 2 pages explaining the achievements and the activity and the potential of the nominee, b. C. V. (including contact information and biographical information). Please show that you are eligible for this award, c. The nominee’s publication list, including the URL (DOI) information of the five of the nominee’s foremost publications can be retrieved. Listing of the citations of nominee’s important publications is also preferred and d. Description of achievements written by nominee within 2 pages.
The impact, novelty, and originality of achievement as well as the independence of the nominee must be stated.
Important note
The winner of CN-Yang award is not eligible for the DCMP award. We accept the application by the applicant for CN-Yang award. i.e. One can apply for both awards in same Submission
All documents must be packed into single PDF file and send to
