First prize in DSM Awards for Chemistry and Technology 2006 presented to German researcher in the field of chemical biology
The DSM Awards for Chemistry and Technology were presented for the twenty-first time this year. Until 2001, the contest was open only to doctoral students from research institutes in the Netherlands and Flemish-speaking Belgium. The catchment area was extended to Belgium's French-speaking region in 2002, and since 2003, the contest has also been open to researchers from the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Over the years the awards have gained a high reputation in academic circles and the contest is a major event on the international calendar.
DSM has now decided to expand the geographic scope of the awards. In 2007, a parallel contest with an identical awards scheme will be introduced for young scientists from universities in Switzerland, Austria, Eastern France and Southern Germany. This parallel contest will link up with DSM Nutritional Products, one of the newest members of the DSM family. DSM Nutritional Products is based in the Basel area of Switzerland and has extensive contacts with the academic world in and around its home base.
Also in 2007, the name of the awards will change to "DSM Innovation - Science & Technology Awards", reflecting both DSM's commitment to innovation and the increasingly wider range of scientific disciplines covered by the awards.
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