The following ECS Awards have nomination deadlines from December 2023 through February 2024. Click on the links below for further information.
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Society Awards
ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship: Established in partnership with the Toyota Research Institute of North America in 2015, the award encourages young professionals and scholars to pursue research into batteries, fuel cells and hydrogen, and future sustainable technologies. Each year, at least one candidate receives the fellowship restricted grant of no less than $50,000 to conduct the proposed research within one year, and a one-year complimentary ECS membership. Recipients must present at a Society biannual meeting and publish their research in a relevant ECS journal within 24 months of receiving the award.
Materials deadline: January 31, 2024
Fellow of The Electrochemical Society: Established in 1989 for advanced individual technological contributions in the field of electrochemical and solid state science and technology, and active membership and involvement in The Electrochemical Society, the award consists of a framed certificate and lapel pin.
Nomination deadline: February 1, 2024
Leadership Circle Awards: Established in 2002 to honor and thank our partners in electrochemistry and solid state science partners, these awards are granted in the year that an institutional member reaches a milestone level. Awardees receive a commemorative plaque and recognition on the ECS website and Interface magazine.
Nominations not accepted
Division Awards
Battery Division Early Career Award Sponsored by Neware Corporation: Established in 2020 to encourage excellence among postdoctoral researchers in battery and fuel cell research, the award’s primary purpose is to recognize and support development of talent and future leaders in the field. Winners receive a framed scroll, $2,000 prize, and complimentary meeting registration.
Nomination deadline: January 15, 2024
Battery Division Postdoctoral Associate Research Award Sponsored by MTI Corporation and the Jiang Family Foundation: Established in 2016 to encourage excellence among postdoctoral researchers in battery and fuel cell research, the award consists of a framed scroll, $2,000 prize, and complimentary meeting registration. Two awards are granted each year. Nomination deadline: January 15, 2024
Battery Division Research Award: Established in 1958 to honor excellence in battery and fuel cell research and encourage publication in ECS outlets, the award recognizes outstanding contributions to the science of primary and secondary cells, batteries, and fuel cells. Winners receive a framed certificate and $2,000 prize.
Nomination deadline: January 15, 2024
Battery Division Technology Award: Established in 1993 to encourage the development of battery and fuel cell technology, and to recognize significant achievements in this area, the award consists of a scroll, $2,000 prize, and ECS Battery Division membership while the recipient maintains ECS membership.
Nomination deadline: January 15, 2024
Corrosion Division H.H. Uhlig Award: Established in 1973 to recognize excellence in corrosion research and outstanding technical contributions to the field of corrosion science and technology, the award consists of a scroll and $1,500 prize.
Nomination deadline: January 15, 2024
Corrosion Division Rusty Award for Mid-Career Excellence: Established in 2021 to recognize a scientist or engineer’s mid-career achievements and contributions to the field of corrosion science and technology, the award consists of a framed certificate; $1,000; and possibly travel expenses and meeting registration.
Nomination deadline: January 15, 2024
Electrodeposition Division Early Career Investigator Award: Established in 2015 to recognize an outstanding young researcher in the field of electrochemical deposition science and technology, the award consists of a framed certificate and $1,000 prize.
Nomination deadline: January 15, 2024
Electrodeposition Division Research Award: The award recognizes outstanding research contributions to the field of electrodeposition and encourages the publication of high quality papers in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society. It is based on recent outstanding achievements in, or contributions to, the field of electrodeposition and is given to an author or co-author of a paper appearing in JES or another ECS publication. Winners receive a framed certificate and $2,000 prize.
Nomination deadline: January 15, 2024
Energy Technology Division Walter van Schalkwijk Award for Sustainable Technology: Established in 2021 to recognize research scientists, academicians, and entrepreneurs who make innovative and transformative contributions to sustainable energy technologies, the award consists of a framed certificate and a maximum $2,500 prize.
Nomination deadline: January 15, 2024
High-Temperature Energy, Materials, & Processes Division Outstanding Achievement Award: Established in 1984 to recognize excellence in research and outstanding technical contributions to the high-temperature energy, materials, and processes field, the award consists of a scroll, $1,000 prize, and complimentary meeting registration.
Nomination deadline: January 15, 2024
Luminescence and Display Materials Division Outstanding Achievement Award: Established in 2002 to encourage excellence in luminescence and display materials research and outstanding technical contributions to the field, the award consists of a scroll and $1,000 prize.
Nomination deadline: January 15, 2024
Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division David C. Grahame Award: Created in 1981 to encourage excellence in physical electrochemistry research and to stimulate publication of high-quality research papers in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society, the award consists of a framed certificate and $1,500 prize.
Nomination deadline: January 15, 2024
Sensor Division Early Career Award: Established in 2021 to recognize promising early career engineers’ and scientists’ research contributions to the field of sensors; and to encourage recipients to continue careers in the field and remain active in the ECS Sensor Division, the award consists of a framed certificate, $500 prize, complimentary meeting registration, and ECS Sensor Division Business luncheon ticket.
Nomination deadline: January 15, 2024
Sensor Division Outstanding Achievement Award: Created in 1989 to recognize outstanding achievement in service to the sensor community, for research and/or technical contributions to the field of sensors, and to encourage work excellence in the field, the award consists of a framed certificate, $1,000 prize, complimentary meeting registration, and Sensor Division Business Luncheon ticket.
Nomination deadline: January 15, 2024
Section Awards
Europe Section Alessandro Volta Medal: Established in 1998 to recognize excellence in electrochemistry and solid state science and technology research, the award consists of a silver medal and $2,000 prize.
Nomination deadline: February 15, 2024
San Francisco Section Award: Established in 2021 to recognize excellence by an individual or team residing in California or the southwest states in the field of electrochemical science and technology and/or solid state science and technology; acknowledge service to ECS; and advance and encourage electrochemistry and solid state science and technology as a profession, the award consists of an engraved plaque and $2,000 prize.
Nomination deadline: February 15, 2024
Student Awards
Battery Division Student Research Award Sponsored by Mercedes-Benz Research & Development: The award recognizes promising young engineers and scientists enrolled in a college or university in the field of electrochemical power sources and encourages them to initiate or continue careers in the field. Winners receive a framed certificate and $1,000 prize.
Nomination deadline: January 15, 2024
Biannual Meeting Travel Grants: Many ECS divisions and sections offer travel grants to undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and young professionals and faculty presenting papers at ECS biannual meetings. The awards consist of financial support ranging from complimentary meeting registration to luncheon/reception tickets, travel support, and more. Each division and section has its own application requirements.
245th ECS Meeting Travel Grant applications accepted from December 1, 2023 to February 26, 2024
Canada Section Student Award: Established in 1987 to recognize promising young engineers and science students pursuing PhDs at Canadian universities, the award is intended to encourage recipients to initiate or continue careers in the field of electrochemical power sources. Winners receive a $1,500 prize.
Nomination deadline: February 28, 2024
Colin Garfield Fink Fellowship: First awarded in 1962, the fellowship assists a postdoctoral scientist/researcher during the months of June through September to pursue research in a field of interest to the Society. The award consists of $5,000 and publication of a summary report in Interface.
Materials deadline: January 15, 2024
Corrosion Division Morris Cohen Graduate Student Award: Established in 1991 to recognize and reward outstanding graduate research in the field of corrosion science and/or engineering, the award consists of a framed certificate, $1,000 prize, and travel expenses.
Nomination deadline: January 15, 2024
ECS Korea Section Student Award: Established in 2005 to recognize academic accomplishments by a student pursuing a PhD at a Korean University in any area of science or engineering in which electrochemical and/or solid state science and technology is the central consideration, the award consists of a $500 prize.
Nomination deadline: December 31, 2023
ECS General Student Poster Session Awards: A forum for graduate and undergraduate students is provided to present research results of general interest to ECS. The session was established in 1993 to foster and promote work in electrochemical and solid state science and technology and to stimulate active student interest and participation in ECS. Posters accepted for presentation are eligible for General Student Poster Awards: 1st place: $1,500; 2nd place: $1,000; 3rd place: $500. For award consideration, authors must submit an abstract to the Z01 General Student Poster Session; be accepted for inclusion in the poster session; upload a digital poster; and be present during the in-person judging session.
Materials deadline: Abstract deadline for the 245th ECS Meeting – December 1, 2023
ECS Summer Fellowships: Established in 1928, the awards assist students pursuing work in a field of interest to ECS. The Society awards the Edward G. Weston Fellowship, Joseph W. Richards Fellowship, F. M. Becket Fellowship, and the H. H. Uhlig Fellowship annually. Each fellowship consists of $5,000 to support research from June through August and publication of a summary report in Interface.
Materials deadline: January 15, 2024
Pacific Northwest Section Electrochemistry Student Award sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific: Established in 2021 to recognize promising young engineers and scientists in Washington, Oregon and Idaho pursuing PhDs in the field of electrochemical engineering and applied electrochemistry, the award consists of a 1,000 prize.
Nomination deadline: February 28, 2024
San Francisco Section Daniel Cubicciotti Student Award: Established in 1994 to assist deserving students in Northern California pursuing careers in the physical sciences or engineering, the award consists of an etched metal plaque and $2,000 prize. Up to two honorable mentions are extended, each receiving a framed certificate and $500 prize.
Nomination deadline: February 15, 2024
Sensor Division Student Research Award: Established in 2021 to recognize promising students pursuing graduate training for conducting outstanding research in the field of sensors, the award consists of a framed certificate, $200 prize, complimentary meeting registration, and Sensor Division Business luncheon ticket.
Nomination deadline: January 15, 2024
*All prize amounts are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated.
