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Society of Water Chemistry

Awards & Honors

Walter Kölle Foundation
Student Water Award
PhD Award
Price of the WChG
Badge of Honour
Honorary membership

Awards & Honors

Awards & Honors of the GDCh Division Society of Water Chemistry

Walter Kölle Foundation

The foundation supports and honours outstanding work by young scientists in the field of water chemistry.

Information

Awards of the Water Chemistry Society

  • Student Water Award - funded by the Walter Kölle Foundation: For excellent Master's theses with high innovation potential, convincing objectives and a clear structure.
  • PhD Award Water Chemistry - funded by the Walter Kölle Foundation: For outstanding dissertations that have made important contributions to the advancement of a water chemistry topic and were awarded an overall grade of very good or higher.
  • Division Award Society of Water Chemistry - funded by the Walter Kölle Foundation: To honour the extraordinary achievements of young scientists whose PhD degrees were awarded no more than ten years ago.
  • Badge of Honour: As a token of appreciation for selected individuals who have made an exceptional contribution to the Society of Water Chemistry .
  • Honorary Membership: To recognise exceptional scientific achievements. The "Honorary Chairmanship" is reserved for long-serving chairs.