At the CHESS User Meeting, we recognize the best student paper based on research performed at CHESS during the past year. See eligibility, deadline, and award details below.
CHESS STUDENT RESEARCH PAPER PRIZE
CHESS is soliciting nominations for the CHESS Student Paper Award. This award recognizes outstanding research conducted by a student based on experiments performed at CHESS. To be eligible for the 2025 CHESS Student Paper Award, the paper must have been published between March 31, 2024, and March 31, 2025. The research presented in the paper must be significantly based on experiments performed at CHESS. Nominations can be submitted by any researcher familiar with the student's research.
NOMINATIONS MUST INCLUDE:
- Nomination letter: An email summarizing the impact and importance of the research published in the paper. For papers with multiple authors, the nomination should explain the role of the student in planning the experiments, the measurements, and the data analysis.
- Student Curriculum Vitae
- Link to the published paper
TO SUBMIT: Please send the above documents to the CHESS User Office with the headline "2025 Student Paper Prize Nomination" to chessuseroffice@cornell.edu.
DEADLINES: All nominations are due by Friday, April 25, 2025.
RULES:
- The paper must have been published between March 31, 2024, and March 31, 2025.
- Papers must have appeared online within that time window.
- The paper must be based in part on data collected at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source.
- The work (research) must have been substantially complete when the first author on the paper was a graduate or undergraduate student.
RECOGNITION: The prize winner will be notified in early May and asked to present virtually at the annual CHESS User Meeting, held on June 3, 2025, at which time the award will be presented.