Dr. Barbara Mez-Starck Prizes for the Best Master Graduates in the Master's degree program Chemistry

To encourage outstanding young chemists at the beginning of their career, the Dr. Barbara Mez-Starck-Foundation (Freiburg) annualy awards the best master graduates in the degree program Master of Science in Chemistry at the University of Ulm (other degree programs like Chemistry and Management as well as Chemical Engineering are excluded from this price). The award is named after the founder, who led the Section for Spectra and Structure Documentation (now section Chemical Information Systems) at the University of Ulm, until 1987, and died in May 2001.

Normally up to three graduates will be awarded, who graduated  during the pervious academic year (deadline Sept. 30) within a total period of study of ten semsters (6 semesters of Bachelor plus 4 semesters for Master) and who belong to the best 10% of the academic year. One cannot apply for this prize nor can be nominated by somebody else.

The selected students will receive cash prizes, namely:

• first prize with 1000,- EURO
• second prize with 800,- EURO
• third prize with 600,- EURO

No legal right can be established for this award! Moreover, as in the case of Nobel-prizes there will be no explanation why particular canditates are not awarded.

The awarding ot the prize winners by representatives of the Foundation Board takes place during a special symposium of the chemical institutes or within a similar event.