Introduction to “IUMRS Frontier Materials Awards”

Authorised and approved by IUMRS, Chairs of ICFM and ICFM Organising Committee, “IUMRS Frontier Materials Awards” are established to encourage scientists, experts and graduate students who are devoting to the research in frontier materials.

Type of Awards and Number of Winners

1. Three types of awards, “IUMRS Frontier Materials Scientists Award” (IUMRS-FMSA), “IUMRS Frontier Materials Young Scientists Award” (IUMRS-FMYSA) and “IUMRS Frontier Materials Graduate Students Award” (IUMRS-FMGSA), are established for “International Conference on Frontier Materials”;
2. Number of winners will be three (4) for IUMRS-FMSA, five (6) for IUMRS-FMYSA and ten (12) for IUMRS-FMGSA;
3. Award certificates will be jointly issued by IUMRS President and ICFM Chairs. Certain amount of cash bonus will be awarded to each winner during the conference.

Nomination Criteria and Procedures

1.“IUMRS Frontier Materials Scientists Award” (IUMRS-FMSA)

• Candidates should have made great contributions with significant impact on frontier materials research.
• Candidates should attend ICFM and pay the related fee of the conference
• Candidates should be nominated by ICFM symposia (each symposium can nominate one candidate) or ICFM committee members.

2.“IUMRS Frontier Materials Young Scientists Award” (IUMRS-FMYSA)

• Candidates should have made outstanding contributions in frontier materials research.
• Candidates should be 45 years old or younger.
• Candidates should attend ICFM and pay the related fee of the conference
• Candidates should be nominated by ICFM symposia (each symposium can nominate two candidates) or ICFM committee members.

3.“IUMRS Frontier Materials Graduate Students Award” (IUMRS-FMGSA)

• Candidates should have demonstrated excellent academic performance in frontier materials research.
• Candidates should be current graduate students or students graduated within the last two years.
• Candidates should attend ICFM and pay the related fee of the conference
• Candidates should be nominated by ICFM symposia (each symposium can nominate two candidates) or ICFM committee members.

4.Filled nomination forms and supporting documents that are signed by both the candidate and nominator should be provided for evaluation;

5.Candidates should be responsible for all issues concerning Intellectual Properties that are involved in the application documents;

Award Committee and Awarding Ceremony

1. Awarding committee should comprise 9 experts (plus a secretary) chaired by ICFM conference chair, and the secretary should be assigned by the award committee.
2. Awarding committee should abide by the principles of Fair, Just and Open.
3. Awarding ceremony will be held during the ICFM.

IUMRS-Frontier Materials Scientists Award

	Name	Affiliation
1	Oliver SCHIMDT	Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
2	Hua ZHANG	City University of Hong Kong

IUMRS-Frontier Materials Young Scientists Award

	Name	Affiliation
1	Hin-Iap YIP	City University of Hong Kong
2	Lidong ZHAO	Beihang University, China
3	Shutao WANG	Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS, China
4	Lei LIAO	Hunan University, China
5	Zijian ZHENG	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

IUMRS-Frontier Materials Graduate Students Award

	Name	Affiliation
1	Hongjian ZHANG	Institute of Ceramics, CAS, China
2	Jiajun SUN	Zhejiang University, China
3	Yiming XIANG	University of Hong Kong
4	Swapnadeep PODDAR	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
5	Sumei HAN	University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
6	Hongye HAO	Zhejiang University, China
7	Jueying YANG	Beijing Institute of Technology, China
8	Bingchao QING	Beihang University, China
9	Xing LI	Fudan University, China
10	Zhenghao LONG	Fudan University, China
11	Liang GAO	University of Science and Technology of China
12	Yanpeng WANG	Ocean University of China