Materials Today Rising Star Awards
The Materials Today Rising Star Awards recognize early career researchers in the fields of materials science and engineering. Launched by the Materials Today Family of journals in 2018, the Awards are presented to those who have demonstrated exceptional potential to make a real impact and become future leaders in the materials science and engineering fields.
The 2024 Awards will be sponsored by three of the Materials Today journals – Materials Today, Materials Today Bio and Materials Today Energy. There are six Awards available spread over four categories:
Biomaterials: Two Awards sponsored by Materials Today and Materials Today Bio.
Energy Conversion & Storage: Two Awards sponsored by Materials Today and Materials Today Energy.
Materials Data Science & AI: One Award sponsored by Materials Today.
Sustainability: One Award sponsored by Materials Today.
Judging and prizes
The judging panels will consist of editors from the three sponsoring journals, who will evaluate all eligible candidates based on the impact of their research and their contributions to the materials community. Each winner will receive an honorarium of USD 1,000.
The application period for the 2024 awards is now closed.
Past winners
The nomination for 2024 Materials Today ‘Rising Star Awards’ was closed earlier this year and the winners will be announced during the Materials Research Society conference on 1-6 December in Boston Massachusetts. This year, there are in total 7 winners from three different research fields.