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Awards
NTC Awards
Best PhD Thesis
Publication Awards
Technical Awards

Overview

IEEE Nanotechnology Council honors outstanding publications through awards such as the Best Paper Awards for its journals and magazine. These awards recognize authors whose research advances excellence, innovation, and knowledge in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Best Paper Award (Magazine)

This award recognizes on a yearly basis a highly influential and impactful article of the highest quality published in the IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine in the preceding 2 calendar years. (For example, the 2023 award recognizes a paper published in 2021, 2022.) Any current member of the editorial board or past member within the last 3 years can submit a nomination for this award. Self-nominations are not allowed. The awardee will be selected by a committee appointed by the NTC President. The Committee Chair is appointed by the NTC President with recommendation from the NTC VP of Publications; members of the Committee are appointed by the Chair with approval by the NTC President.

Best Paper Award (T-NANO)

At the beginning of each year, T-NANO selects a paper that appeared in the Transactions during the previous calendar year for its Best Paper Award. Candidate papers are nominated by members of the T-NANO Editorial Board. Evaluation is done by members of the Senior Editors Panel, with criteria including technical merit, originality, potential impact on the field, clarity of presentation, and practical significance for applications.

Test-of-Time Publication Award

This award recognizes on a yearly basis a highly influential, widely visible and impactful article of the highest quality appeared in any Nanotechnology Council managed journal/magazine and financially sponsored conference proceedings over at least 10 years but not more than the last 25 years. Any member of the editorial board of any Nanotechnology Council publication within the last 25 years can submit a nomination for this award.