The Austrian Young Chemists Network, a part of the Austrian Chemical Society (GÖCH), organizes the Innovation Award in cooperation with the Donau Chemie Group for the first time in 2022. One outstanding master's project and one outstanding PhD project in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry or chemical engineering will be awarded (see below for criteria). The prize money amounts to € 200 (master’s project award) and € 400 (PhD project award). In addition, the winner of the PhD award will have the unique opportunity to present the project at the Chemistry Days in Vienna in September 2022.

• "Pitch your Project" - In a video,not longer than 180 seconds. You can use any kind of media-based or graphic elements for support
• Novelty - The project enables new perspectives for either industrial or fundamental research
• Creativity - Get creative: Your pitch captivates the interest of a broad audience
• Originality - Unique and innovative approach towards research question

Only ongoing projects or projects finished earliest by September 2021 will be considered. Send us a link to your video on a suitable platform (Youtube, Cloud Services, WeTransfer, etc.) to our e-Mail address office@jungchemiker.at and a confirmation that the presented work is part of your research (confirmation of your supervisor).

Deadline: 17.07.2022

Submitted Projects will be judged by our Scientific Committee. The Organizing Committee is prohibited from submitting.

Unser Scientific Committee:

• Prof. Dr. Katalin Barta, Graz
• Assoz.Prof. Ing. Mag. Dr. Thomas Hofer, Innsbruck
• Assistant Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Hannes Mikula, Vienna
• Prof. Dr. Simone Pokrant, Salzburg
• Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schöfberger, Linz

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