NANOSMAT HONOURS

NANOSMAT honours and recognizes international scientists who have shown, during their professional careers, outstanding achievements in the fields of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

NANOSMAT PRIZE:
The NANOSMAT Prize is our major and most senior award that was set up in 2009 and since then it’s become very popular and prestigious amongst high calibre international scientists.

Past NANOSMAT PRIZE Recipients:

	2018 – Professor Paul Weiss  University of California, USA
	2017 - Professor Cornelis Dekker Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
	2016 - Professor Pulickel Ajayan Rice University, USA
	2015 – Professor Werner Blau Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
	2014 – Professor Zhong Lin Wang Georgia Tech, USA
	2013 – Professor Alexander Seifalian University College London, UK
	2012 – Professor Morinobu Endo Shinshu University, Japan
	2011 – Professor Yury Gogotsi University of Drexel, USA
	2010 - Professor W. I. Milne University of Cambridge, UK
	2009 - Professor Jeff De-Hosson University of Groningen, The Netherlands

1. NOMINATION PROCEDURE
Following are the different methods for candidature nomination for the NANOSMAT Prize:

• Members of the NANOSMAT Scientific Committee can nominate candidates.
• Any senior and prominent scientist or researcher, belonging to an internationally recognised and established institution, can nominate any one candidate for the prize (one nomination per person). However, such nominations must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from the proposer supporting the nominated candidate for the award (together with the candidate’s CV).

2. CRITERIA
Candidates must satisfy the following criteria:



3. NATURE OF AWARD
The prize will be composed of the following:


4. RULES

5. SELECTION PROCESS
The NANOSMAT Awards Committee will review the applications (candidates CV and nomination letters) and select the successful candidate.

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KROTO MEDAL (previously called KROTO AWARD)
The KROTO MEDAL (named after the late Nobel Prize Sir Harold Kroto, who was the Honorary President, The NANOSMAT Society) is a prestigious prize conferred on an outstanding, dynamic young researcher/scientist (PhD, PostDoc, Junior Scientist level) for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the field of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

Past KROTO MEDAL Recipients:

	2018 – Dr. Michael Naguib Tulane University, USA
	2017 – Dr. Matt Cole University of Bath, UK

1. NOMINATION PROCEDURE
Following are the different methods for candidature nomination for the award(s):

• Members of the NANOSMAT Scientific Committee can nominate candidates.
• Any senior and prominent scientist or researcher, belonging to an internationally recognised and established institution, can nominate any one candidate for the award (one nomination per person). However, such nominations must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from the proposer supporting the nominated candidate for the award. Letters of nominations on official letterheads together with the candidates CV should be emailed to krotomedal@nanosmat.org

2. DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS FOR 2025
For the KROTO MEDAL 2025 – the deadline for nomination submissions is 15 DECEMBER 2024.

Late nominations will not be considered.

3. CRITERIA
The candidates must satisfy the following criteria:

4. NATURE OF AWARD
The prize will be composed of the following:

5. RULES
A candidate can only receive the prize once and not more than this.
The winner needs to attend the NANOSMAT conference to personally receive the award.
The winning candidate will deliver the “KROTO Medal Lecture” at the NANOSMAT conference in Naples, Italy.
Unsuccessful candidates can be re-considered for the award the following 2 years. Therefore, they will be in the system for a total of three years.
The candidates for the award must be of maximum 35 years of age.

6. SELECTION PROCESS
The committee will review the applications (candidates CV and nomination letters) and select one successful researcher for this prestigious award.