
The Maria Miguel Award is annually granted to a young scientist working in the field of in colloid and interface science in Europe. The independent scientific work of the awardee should be original and of outstanding quality. The recipient of the Award must have obtained his/her PhD in the last 8 years and must have published at least 5 peer-reviewed publications as corresponding author without the PhD supervisor as a co-author. Nominations can only be made by a scientist that is/was not part of the PhD supervisor’s group.
The Award consists of 1.500 € from ECIS and a certificate.
The awardee will give a plenary lecture during the ECIS annual meeting.
The selection will be made by a committee composed of 7 members, the ECIS board (President, Past President and Vice-President), the last two awardees of the Overbeek Gold Medal and the last two recipients of the ECIS-Syensqo Award.