2012 Thesis Prize Award Ceremony - Fondation Nanosciences

What is the Nanosciences
Foundation Thesis Prize?
The Thesis Prize of the Nanosciences Foundation
was created in 2009. The Prize is worth 1500€
and is awarded every year to acknowledge the
best PhD thesis realised in the Nanosciences field,
prepared within one of the Grenoble laboratories.
For this 4 th edition, 24 young PhD students had
been nominated by their supervisors to enter the
contest. This year again, two laureates of the
University of Grenoble receive the 2012 Thesis
Prize: Anne-Cécile REYMANN (CEA - iRTSV/PCV)
and Ioan Mihai POP (CNRS/UJF - Institut Néel).
Our previous laureates:
Jessica BAUR
(UJF/ CNRS - DCM)
Laureate of the ‘2011 Thesis Prize’
Matthieu PIERRE
(CEA/CNRS/UJF/G INP - INAC/SPSMS)
Laureate of the ‘2011 Thesis Prize’
Nicolas ROCH
(CNRS/UJF - Institut NEEL)
Laureate of the ‘2010 Thesis Prize’
Dimitri HOUSSAMEDINE
(CEA/CNRS/UJF/G INP - INAC/SPINTEC)
Laureate of the ‘2010 Thesis Prize’
What is an
ERC Starting Grant?
‘ERC’, the European Research Council,
encourages high quality research in Europe
through competitive funding.
ERC Starting Grants are given to up-andcoming
research leaders who are about to
establish or consolidate their own research
team and conduct independent research in
Europe.
Candidates are selected by international
peer reviewers who rank proposals on the
basis of scientific excellence as the sole
criterion.
The ERC scheme targets the best of the
promising researchers who have the proven
potential of becoming independent research
leaders.
Since its inception 5 years ago, the ERC has
already granted 19 excellent researchers
based in Grenoble, whose activities are
closely linked to the Foundation’s fields of
excellence.
François VARCHON
(CNRS/UJF - Institut NEEL)
Laureate of the ‘2009 Thesis Prize’
www.fondation-nanosciences.fr