Every other year, the MCT Dissertation Award is presented to the person who has done outstanding environmental (geo)chemical, environmental toxicological or environmental technological research in the preceding two years. Currently, the call is open for PhD theses defended between 1 July 2022 and 31 December 2024. The award consists of a certificate and a sum of 1500 euros, made available by the board of the Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology section (MCT). The award ceremony will take place during the next Analytical Solutions conference, where MCT will organise part of the programme and which will take place on Tuesday 3 June 2025.
In order to be eligible for the award, the following conditions apply:
- The candidate is author of a dissertation;
- The candidate’s dissertation must have been successfully defended, or has already been approved by a doctoral committee to be defended at a Dutch university;
- The research from the dissertation must have largely been conducted in the Netherlands;
- When the award is open for participation, the candidate needs to submit the following documents to the secretary of the board of MCT (mct@kncv.nl):
- A PDF of the PhD thesis
- A CV
- A completed nomination form
For more information on the procedure, please consult the regulations. The deadline for submitting a nomination is Friday 31 January 2025. The authors of the nominated PhD theses should be available on 3 June 2025 to present their research. We encourage (co)promotors, department heads and others to draw the attention of potential candidates to the dissertation award.
