Official InterPore Awards:
InterPore Foundation has established a number of awards and prizes in order to recognize achievements of researchers and scientists who have made outstanding contributions to porous media science and technology, or have provided extended and valuable services to the InterPore Society. The awards are designed to recognize researchers at various stages of their career: students, young researchers, junior faculty, rising stars, world renowned scientists, and pioneers.
Honorary Lifetime Membership Award
Honorary Lifetime Membership Award
For individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to porous media science and technology, who are world renown in the porous media community, and whose contributions are consistent with the aims and ideals of InterPore). The award consists of a certificate, lifetime membership, InterPore Rosette, and a travel grant of €1,000 given to one individual per year.
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Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lectureship Award
Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lectureship Award
For porous media researchers with a very high international recognition. The awardee will share a topic of broad interest and relevant to the industrial porous media community through a series of lectures at various member and non-member organizations. The awardee should be willing to give a minimum of 20 lectures in the span of about one year. All travel expenses are covered by InterPore Foundation. Lodging and food is provided by local hosts.
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InterPore Medal for Porous Media Research
InterPore Medal for Porous Media Research
(Formerly InterPore Award for Excellence in Porous Media Research)
For researchers with an established career in recognition of outstanding research in general porous media, with emphasis on research conducted over the past 10 years.
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InterPore Award for Porous Media Research
InterPore Award for Porous Media Research
(Formerly Procter & Gamble Award for Thin and Sweeling Porous Media Research)
For mid-career researchers in recognition of outstanding research in general porous media, with emphasis on research conducted over the past 5 years. The applicants should as a maximum have up to 12 years research experience after completing their PhD.
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PoreLab Award for Young Researchers
PoreLab Award for Young Researchers
For a young researcher, in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of porous media from a fundamental point of view. The research may be theoretical, computational, or experimental. Nominees must be PhD students or Postdoc researchers who obtained the PhD degree no longer than 3 years before the award nomination deadline). Award winners will be given a stipend of 1500 Euro per month for up to three months of in residence at PoreLab, University of Oslo. PoreLab will pay the travel and housing expenses connected with the stay.
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Rien van Genuchten Early-Career Award of Porous Media for a Green World
Rien van Genuchten Early-Career Award of Porous Media for a Green World
For an early-career researcher whose focus is the general topic of “porous media research for a green world”. This may involve significant theoretical, experimental and/or modeling advances addressing major soil, hydrologic and/or environmental problems facing our planet.
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MDPI Energies Student Poster Award
MDPI Energies Student Poster Award
Given in recognition of outstanding student poster presentations at the annual InterPore conference. Each year, at the annual InterPore conference, the Honors and Awards Committee will choose the best student poster presentations to win the MDPI Energies Student Poster Award. Up to two awards will be given each year, each consisting of a prize of 500€.
Candidates can self-nominate when submitting the abstract to the conference.
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Other InterPore Honors & Awards:
InterPore also recognizes exceptional contributions to the Society through its Time Capsule interviews, Meritorious Service Medal, and its National Chapter Award. More details about these and other Honors & Awards can be found here.
Our Nomination Process
Each year, a call for nominations is published on InterPore website, in the InterPore Newsletter, in InterPore social media platforms, and is sent out via email to thousands of researchers and students. Nominations of deserving candidates are collected and are all forwarded to the Honors and Awards Committee. This is a committee made of scientists, who will evaluate the nomination packages and will select the most deserving candidate for each award category. Members of Honors and Awards Committee are all volunteers and do not receive any compensation at all.
The Board of Directors of InterPore Foundation studies the recommendations of the Honors and Awards Committee and judges the soundness of the procedure and will decide whether to accept the nominated awardees. Once accepted, names of awardees will be published in our Newsletter, website, and social media.
The awardees receive their awards and certificate during the annual meeting of InterPore in May.