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ICO Prizes and AwardsICO Prize: Deadline April 15, 2012IUPAP Young Scientist Prize on Optics: Deadline July 15, 2012ICO Galileo Galilei Award: Deadline April 15, 2012ICO/ICTP Gallieno Denardo Award: Deadline December 10, 2011Nominations instructionsICO Prize:Rules applicable to the ICO Prize:
ICO has established in 1982 the ICO Prize, to be given each year to an individual who has made a noteworthy contribution to optics, published submitted for publication before he or she has reached the age of 40. (Specifically, the Prize winner must not have reached the age of 40 before December 31 of the year for which the Prize is awarded). The character of the work of successive Prize recipients should preferably alternate between predominantly experimental or technological and predominantly theoretical. The "noteworthy" contribution in optics is measured chiefly by its impact (past or possibly future) on the field of optics generally, opening a subfield or significantly expanding an established subfield in research or technology. The Prize includes:
Every year, the ICO Prize Committee issues a call for nominations that is published in the ICO Newsletter, receives the nominations and selects the recipients for approval by the Bureau at its next meeting. The award needs not be made each year if the Prize Committee so chooses. The Prize is preferably given to an individual, but it can be shared by two persons. Eligibility for the Prize is not excluded by previous prizes awarded to the individual. The selected Prize winner is then announced in the ICO Newsletter and, as appropriate, in one or more optics journals. The prize will be presented at the next appropriate major ICO meeting and the Prize winner will be expected to deliver an invited talk at that Meeting. Posters of the Prize are also available under request to ICO Secretariat. Additional general information about the ICO Prize:The cash award presently carries an amount of US$2000 and US$1000 for travel expenses. In addition to the rules adopted by ICO, the Carl Zeiss foundation has generously agreed to donate an Ernst Abbe medal to the winner. The award winners to this date are :
(See Golden Book) The ICO Prize Committee, is chaired (for the term October 1, 2008 - September 30, 2011) by Prof. Min Gu, Centre for Micro-Photonics, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, John Street Hawthorn. PO Box 218 Hawthorn, Victoria 3122 Australia, e-mail: mgu@swin.edu.au IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Optics:Rules applicable to the IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Optics:
In 2005 the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) created the Young Scientist Prizes for its commissions. The international Commission of Optics (ICO), as an Affiliated Commission of IUPAP, decided in 2008 to adopt the IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Optics. The IUPAP prize in optics will be awarded annually through ICO to a scientist who has made noteworthy contributions to applied optics and photonics during a maximum of 8 years of research experience after having earned a PhD degree. Career interruptions will not be counted as time of research experience. The Prize includes:
The Prize is awarded at a major ICO meeting, where the recipient is expected to deliver an invited presentation. Additional general information about the IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Optics:The ICO Prize Committee, is chaired (for the term October 1, 2008 - September 30, 2011) by Prof. Ari Friberg Helsinki University of Technology (TKK), Department of Engineering Physics, PO Box 3500, FI-02015 TKK, Finland, Phone +358 9 451 3127, Fax +358 9 451 3155, E-mail: ari.friberg@tkk.fi The award winners to this date are :
ICO Galileo Galilei AwardRules applicable to the Galileo Galilei Award:
1 - The Galileo Galilei medal of ICO is awarded for outstanding contributions to the field of optics which are achieved under comparatively unfavorable circumstances.
2.1 - The outstanding contributions in the field of optics should refer to: 2.2 - "Comparatively unfavorable circumstances" refers to difficult economic or social conditions or lack of access to scientific or technical facilities or sources of information. 2.3 - The outstanding contributions must be documented, if applicable, by internationally acknowledged publications. Exceptionally, reports can be considered, provided that they are made available to the Award Committee. 3 - The award is normally given to one person. Exceptionally, however, if a collective contribution is judged to be worthy of the award a team of several persons may be selected. 4 - Every year, the ICO Committee for the Regional Development of Optics issues a call for nominations that is published in the ICO Newsletter, receives the nominations and selects the winner for approval by the Bureau at its next meeting. The award need not be given every year if the Bureau so chooses.
5 - The award consists of: Additional general information about the Galileo Galilei Award:The Italian Society of Optics and Photonics, SIOF (Società Italiana di Ottica e Fotonica) has agreed to support ICO's initiative and donate the silver medal with the portrait of Galileo Galilei to be given to the recipient. The Award contributes to one of the essential missions of the International Commission for Optics: recognize the promotion of Optics under difficult circumstances. The award was established by the 1993 General Assembly of ICO and has be awarded annually since 1994. The award winners to this date are :
(See Golden Book) The prize will be presented at the next appropriate major ICO meeting and the Prize winner will be expected to deliver an invited talk at that Meeting. Applications should follow the instructions below and nominators are encouraged to clearly documents all aspects of the nomination, including:
The Galileo Galilei Award Committee of ICO, is chaired (for the term October 1, 2008 - September 30, 2011) by Prof. Tomasz Szoplik, Institute of Geophysics, Department of Physics, Warsaw University, ul. Pasteura 9, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland; e-mail: tszoplik@mimuw.edu.pl ICO/ICTP Gallieno Denardo AwardICO, the International Commission for Optics, and ICTP, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, agreed to establish since 2000 a joint prize, called the ICO/ICTP Award. In September 2007, the ICTP and ICO agreed to rename the ICO/ICTP Award as ICO/ICTP Gallieno Denardo Award to honor the memory and legacy of the late Prof. Gallieno Denardo. It is reserved for young researchers from developing countries (as defined by the United Nations), who conduct their research in a developing country. The award will be given to scientists less than 40 years old (on December 31 of the year for which the award is given), who are active in research in Optics and have contributed to the promotion of research activities in Optics in their own or another developing country. While this web site has complete information, the following should be appropriate to prepare a nomination. The award consists of the following:
The award will be presented to the winner at Trieste in the presence of representatives of ICO and ICTP. The award is given to one person every year. The winner is selected on the basis of nominations received by the Award Committee in response to a call published by both ICO and ICTP. The nominations must be documented with a complete curriculum vitae including a list of publications and selected reprints (no more than three) as well as a complete employment history and a description of the nominee's achievements for the promotion of research activity in developing countries. The first winners of the award were:
The Award Committee consists of Prof. A. Wagué, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Techniques, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal, e-mail wague@refer.sn or wague@sentoo.sn, Chair; Prof. J. Niemela of ICTP, Trieste, Italy, Prof. A. Consortini of University of Florence, Italy and Dr M. Danailov of Syncrotrone Trieste, Italy. Nominations for a given year's award must be received no later than December 10th of the preceeding year. Send the nomination form, together with supporting information to the Award Committee Chair, Prof. A. Wagué Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Techniques, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal, e-mail wague@refer.sn or wague@sentoo.sn, with a copy to Prof. Joseph Niemela, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, PO Box 586, I 34100 Trieste, Italy, niemela@ictp.it. Nomination instructions for all ICO awards.
Nominations should document all sections listed below Notes:
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