We would like to announce the next bi-annual Winter Conference Award in Plasma Spectrochemistry for 2014 is open for applications. This award, sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific, has been successfully established and we would now like to invite scientists around the world to submit their papers and applications for the next award presented on the Winter Plasma Conference 2014 in the United States. The award will be presented to a scientist who has made noteworthy contributions to the field of plasma spectrochemistry, either over a sustained period of time or through a single, significant breakthrough. The award also includes $5,000 USD.

The award recognizes achievements in one or more of the following:

• Conceptualization and development of novel instrumentation important to plasma spectrochemistry.
• Elucidation of fundamental events or processes involved in plasma spectrochemistry.
• Authorship of significant research papers and/or books that have had an influential role in the advancement of plasma spectrochemistry.
• Outstanding new applications that open new fields of use for plasma spectrochemistry.

The Winter Conference Award in Plasma Spectrochemistry was established in 2009 and has been presented to Prof. Ramon Barnes PhD (middle) at the Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry on January 4, 2010 in Fort Myers, Florida, USA by Prof. Gary M. Hieftje, Indiana University (left), and Dr. Lothar Rottmann, Thermo Fisher Scientific (right). Ramon Barnes has chaired the scientific committee for the award in 2012.

The award committee chooses the winner by simple majority. The 2010/11 award committee consisted of 7 members with the previous winner as chairman. Every new chairman has the right to appoint 6 respected scientists as members of the award committee. As soon as the winner and the other members of the new award committee have accepted their nomination they replace the old chairman and committee.

All applications or nominations will be collected by Thermo Fisher Scientific and forwarded to the committee. The winner shall be announced approximately one year ahead of the presentation of the award.

The winner will be awarded a sum of $5,000 USD, travel support to the Winter Conference on Plasmachemistry, and meeting registration.

To apply for the Winter Conference Award in Plasma Spectrochemistry or to nominate a candidate, please submit accompanying documents (nominating letter, one-page CV and no more than one supporting letter) to wpc.award@thermofisher.com by October, 31, 2012.

Legal:
The award is presented by the Scientific Instruments Division of Thermo Fisher Scientific (responsible business unit: Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH). Thermo Fisher Scientific is not involved in the decision making process of the AWARD Committee.

Upon acceptance of the AWARD the winner must sign an affidavit assuring that he is free to accept the AWARD and that he does not infringe any policies of his employer or any laws of his home jurisdiction by accepting the AWARD.

Legal recourse is excluded. This AWARD Program is governed by German law. Place of venue for any dispute arising out of the AWARD Program is Cologne, Germany.