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Call for Applications: 2021 NSRRC Outstanding Paper Award
Call for Applications: 2021 NSRRC Outstanding Paper Award
2020/12/01
Established by the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC), the NSRRC Outstanding Paper Award (the Award) aims to advance science in the field of synchrotron radiation in Taiwan, as well as recognizing the high-impact publications resulting from using NSRRC experimental facilities, including the Taiwan Beamlines at SPring-8. 

Prize
Each year ONE publication is awarded. However, no award will be issued if no submission stands out. The prize consisting of TWD 300,000 and a certificate will be given out at that year’s Users’ Meeting.

Award Category
Publications in the field of “Application Sciences,” including materials, nanometers, optoelectronics, energy, and accelerator/beamline engineering technology, will be accepted in 2021.

Applicant Eligibility
Applications are open to those who are 
1. an NSRRC user/staff;
2. AND a student/professor/scientist at a university or a research institute from all around the world.

Application Requirements
1. The submitted publication shall result from using NSRRC experimental facilities, including the Taiwan Beamlines at SPring-8.
2. The applicant must be the first author or the corresponding author of the submitted publication. 
3. The submitted publication must be of high impact, innovative, and/or groundbreaking and published in an international scientific journal within the past 8 years. Publications submitted for the 2021 Award shall be published between 2013/01/01 and 2020/12/31. 
4. The applicant shall have all co-authors of the publication sign the Consent Form, and obtain their permission to be the submitting author and the recipient of the Award.
5. Only one submission per applicant per year. A winning publication cannot be submitted again.
6. No applicant can win more than once in a 10-year period.

Application Period
From 2021/01/01 to 2021/02/28, midnight (UTC+8).

Application Submission
Please complete the application ONLINE before the deadline. Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted. For more details, please see “Eligibility Requirements and Selection Criteria of the NSRRC Outstanding Paper Award” at the Award website (http://outstanding-paper-award.nsrrc.org.tw/content/nsrrc/about.html).

Contact Us
Contact：Ms. Chien
TEL: (03)578-0281  ext. 8205 
Email: chifang@nsrrc.org.tw
Website: http://outstanding-paper-award.nsrrc.org.tw/index.html