Die Heinrich Rohrer Medaille – eine neue Auszeichnung auf dem Gebiet der Nanowissenschaften
Um die grossen Errungenschaften einer der Nobelpreisträger von 1986, Dr. Heinrich Rohrer, zu feiern und um weitere Fortschritte in der Forschung und Entwicklung auf dem Gebiet der Nanowissenschaften und der Nanotechnologie fördern, wurde die Heinrich Rohrer Medaille durch die Surface Science Society of Japan (SSSJ) in Zusammenarbeit mit IBM Zürich, der Schweizerischen Botschaft in Japan und Frau Rohrer ins Leben gerufen.
Outline of the Medal
The Heinrich Rohrer Medal is composed of the Grand Medal and the Rising Medal as described below. The Medal is awarded every three years, in the year of International Symposium on Surface Science (ISSS) organized by SSSJ (scheduled in 2014, 2017, 2020,...). The award ceremony will be held at ISSS, and the winners are requested to deliver award lecture/talks at ISSS. The first awarding will be at ISSS-7 in November, 2014.
Grand Medal goes to researchers who have made distinguished achievements in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology based on surface science, hereby have made significant progress in science and technology. The winner of the Grand Medal should be basically one person each time. When, however, there is little to choose among the candidates on the basis of achievements, more than one candidate can share the Medal under a common topic. The winners can be collaborators. The Medal with a special framed Certificate and the cash of JPY 1,000,000 (about US$10,000) will be awarded. If the winners of the Grand Medal are more than one, the cash will be shared equally.
Rising Medal goes to researchers of 37 or less years old (as of January 1st of the award year) who have made outstanding results and are expected to continue to play active roles in the field. The winners of the Rising Medal are up to three individuals under different topics each time. The Medal with a special framed Certificate and the cash of JPY 150,000 (about US$1,500) will be awarded for each winner.
Nomination and Selection
SSSJ call for nominations of the candidates all over the world by asking many foreign and domestic researchers, societies, research institutes and universities covering the fields relating to the Medal. The nomination should be solely done in personal capacity, not by institutional nomination. Anyone can nominate the candidates by submitting a nomination letter together with related materials to the Award Committee through e-mail (rohrermedal@sssj.org) by the end of February in the award year (2014, 2017, 2020,...). The details for the nomination is shown below. The candidates are not limited by their nationality, sex, age, and affiliation, while the candidates only for the Rising Medal should be 37 or less years old as of January 1st of the awarding year. The deceases cannot be nominated. Self-nomination is not acceptable.
The Award Committee, which is organized by SSSJ, is composed of international members. The names of committee members will be opened after the selection each time.
Quellen: Nanowerk, The Surface Science Society of Japan
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