The JEOL Student Lectures
The JEOL Student Lecture Competition was started at the Meeting at Lancaster University
in 1997, through the years the lectures have gained in popularity and in prestige.
There are three 20 minute lecture slots allocated for these lectures
Entering for the JEOL Prize
The competition is open to
second and third year posgraduate students, also to Postdoctoral Fellows in their first year
of a postdoctoral appointment after gaining their PhD. To enter for the JEOL competition the
students must indicate their wish to enter on the conference registration form, and also submit an
abstract of their proposed talk, preferably along with their
registration, certainly within the deadline shown on the registration form. Since students
are also eligible for a discount, they also need a letter from their supervisor stating that they are
bone fides students. Note that the discounts for the meeting only apply to postgraduates, and
to postdoctorates in their first year. Second and further year Postdoctoral Fellows are not
eligible. The applications to lecture are then considered by the ESR Group Committee, who choose
three participants, using the lecture abstracts as a guide.
The abstracts of the three lectures, apart from being used to select who enters the competition,
will also appear in the conference proceedings, so should be prepared carefully, and should describe
the proposed lecture clearly and concisely. Diagrams and formulae etc, can be used, and we encourage
the use of these to explain the work. If you have more questions, please email
, the Group
Secretary.
The lectures are judged by the ESR Group Committee on the basis of both the scientific content
of each lecture and the manner in which it is delivered. The winner of the competition is presented with
a monetary prize together with an engraved medal from JEOL. All of the participants have their
names recorded on the ESR Group website.
Past Competitors
Since we also have a poster session - and a competition for the
best poster (prize: usually a bottle of whisky!), students may also put their work forward as a poster,
but this is not used by the JEOL Prize judges.