Center for Microanalysis of Materials - Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory - University of Illinois

The Nottingham Prize

Competing for the Nottingham Prize

The Nottingham Prize was established from contributions given in memory of Professor Wayne B. Nottingham of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by his many friends and associates. The prize, consisting of a certificate and $1000, will be awarded to the best student paper presented at the conference. A student paper is defined as a paper based on a Ph.D. thesis whose date of submission to the faculty is no earlier than one year before the meeting at which the Prize is given. In other words -- all students who have not yet completed their Ph.D. work are eligible. In addition, you are also eligible to compete if you have completed your Ph.D. work but your thesis was submitted less than one year ago. In this case, your talk must be on your Ph.D. thesis work, not on work done afterwards. A student interested in competing should prepare an abstract as instructed herein. The competitor's name should be marked with an asterisk (*), and the accompanying footnote should read, "competing for the Nottingham Prize." The committee requests that a paper submitted for competition have no more than two authors - the student and his/her professor. If the adviser is not a co-author, his/her name should be provided.

Those who are interested in competing for the Nottingham Prize should follow the instructions below.  From those who submit, we will select a set of finalists based on the extended abstract, and will inform all applicants of their status approximately April 30th. For those who are selected as finalists, the registration fee  will be reimbursed and some assistance with housing costs will also be provided, to be determined closer to the conference date. All Nottingham contestants must  complete and submit the registration form (and housing form, if you intend to use university housing). They must also submit:

1. A regular 1-page abstract submitted as a Word Document for easy compilation.
WORD Template HERE
2. A Nottingham Prize competition package, submitted as a single pdf file, including:
(a) A cover letter indicating your interest in the Nottingham Prize competition. Include in the letter (expected) thesis submission and graduation dates, and a request for additional travel assistance, if needed.
(b) A brief vita.
(c) An extended abstract of approximately 1500 words (WORD Template HERE).

These items should be sent by email (as attachments) to pec07@mrl.uiuc.edu. We will continue to accept abstracts until 5:00 PM CST Friday, April 20, 2007. Although the competition will be judged largely on the oral presentation, the 1,500-word extended abstract is needed to provide additional information to the judges and to identify the finalists. Submission of a thesis or of a manuscript to be published is not acceptable. The committee will limit the number of competitors to those who can be accommodated in one day. Published material may be included in the paper providing that the thesis submission date meets the previous specifications.

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