
The general assembly in Bled, Slovenia (April 1st, 2011) decided to establish an annual ENMIX Award in the field of synthesis, sorption, catalysis and membranes based on nanoporous materials. This award is meant for PhD students and postdocs younger than 35, on the basis of a non-published or published (or in press) paper on innovating topics. The ENMIX Award will be 1000 Euro, and the candidates will be nominated by the ENMIX partners.
For the 1st ENMIX award 2011, ten nominated papers were evaluated by an ENMIX selection committee, consisting of Prof. J. Weitkamp, Prof. P. Cool, Prof. F. Rodríguez-Reinoso, Prof. F. Kapteijn, Prof. A. Sepúlveda-Escribano, Prof. V. Zaspalis and Prof. E. Vansant.
All papers evaluated were of a high scientific quality and published in renomated international journals. Therefore, the ranking of these papers was very difficult.
The evaluation criteria were : the innovative scientific content, international collaborations, multidisciplinarity, scientific and technological impact.