The Wöhler Association for Inorganic Chemistry, a division of the German Chemical Society, and the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (EurJIC) are pleased to announce the Call for Nominations for the EurJIC-Wöhler Young Investigator Prize 2026! More information is available here and on ChemistryViews.
The prize will be awarded to an early career researcher of any nationality who has completed a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in Chemistry, for an excellent scientific publication in a field within inorganic chemistry. The selected original research article, in which the candidate appears as one of the correspondence authors, should have been published within two years before the nomination. The nominee will be an independent researcher, but not yet in an established (or tenured) academic or industrial position.
Candidates can be nominated by researchers in industry or academia with responsibility in an appropriate field. Only in exceptional cases will self-nominations be considered. The EurJIC-Wöhler Young Investigator Prize is an international award, and nominations are welcome for candidates of all nationalities, races, genders, sexual orientations and countries of residence.
The selection will be made by a jury of representatives of universities and industry appointed by the board of the Wöhler Association, and by members of the Editorial Board of EurJIC. The decision of the jury is final.
The prize comprises a certificate and €1500.- and will be awarded at the “GDCh-Conference on Inorganic Chemistry” to be held in Jena, September, 2026. The prize is financially supported by Chemistry Europe, an association of 16 chemical societies from 15 European countries, representing over 75,000 chemists.
The complete nomination must be in English and must comprise a copy of the selected published original research article, a detailed Curriculum Vitae, and a list of scientific publications over the past 3 years of the candidate, and also a thorough justification of the nomination and an appraisal of the work of the nominee by at least one other university professor. For self-nominations, at least two such appraisals are required. Nominations should be submitted in electronic form by March 30th, 2026, to the Wöhler Association for Inorganic Chemistry, GDCh-Geschäftsstelle, Dipl.-Biol. Nicole Bürger, .
David Spichiger, SCS
20.11.2025