Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Awards [CHEMISTRY] – Two Calls

OPEN

A new national research agency, Taighde Éireann/Research Ireland, has been established by the government. The agency will amalgamate the work of the Irish Research Council and Science Foundation Ireland. The full operation of Taighde Éireann will be enabled over the coming period.


*Please note that there will be TWO separate Lindau calls this year.

  • 74th Meeting in Chemistry opens on 9th September and the information can be found on this page.

  • 8th Meeting in Economics opens on 26th September and will be linked here on this page on 26th September when it opens.

* Please note these are separate calls with separate call timelines.

Photo of different bottles and containers for a chemistry lab

The Irish Research Council is pleased to announce the opening of a call for nominations of Irish-based researchers with our strategic partners the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings for the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, dedicated to Chemistry. Further information is available at www.lindau-nobel.org.

The meeting will be held from 29 June to 4 July 2025 on the island of Lindau, situated on Lake Constance in south Germany. Up to 600 highly-talented young scientists are expected to take part, meeting with Nobel Laureates.

Selection Process

The Irish Research Council, as a strategic partner with the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, runs a national selection process. Eligible higher education institutions may nominate up to three researchers at postgraduate and/or postdoctoral level who will be considered by the IRC’s panel of international assessors to attend the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.

A maximum of three shortlisted candidates will be nominated to the international selection process, which is conducted by the Lindau Review Panel. This panel makes the final selection from up to 1,500 profiles for every meeting before choosing the top applicants who will receive an invitation to attend. Taking into account the national selection procedures worldwide, in excess of 20,000 young researchers apply to attend each meeting.

Irish Research Council nominees who are successful in the international selection process and receive an invitation to the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting will receive an award which comprises €500 to cover their travel expenses for attending the meeting.

How to apply

Applications are welcomed from postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers working in the field of Chemistry. Those interested in applying should be nominated by their higher education institution.

Eligible higher education institutions may nominate up to three researchers for each meeting. Every nomination must consist of:

  • the nominee’s curriculum vitae;
  • statement of motivationfrom the nominee (half page in length) which should explain briefly why they think that participation would be beneficial to them, their research, career and host organisation;
  • letter of recommendation(one page in length) from a highly qualified scientist who is either in a supervisory role for the nominee’s project; or who may be well acquainted with their work; or who is a leading scholar in the field and is sufficiently knowledgeable about them. This letter should contain the formal letterhead of the organisation of the person signing the letter. Please ensure that the letter of recommendation is specific to the nominee; and
  • letter of endorsementfrom the host organisation, signed by their president and specific to the nominee applying.

Please find the selection criteria for this call on the left side of this webpage.

Submissions should be made by the research office of your higher education institution in soft copy via email to lindau@research.ie.

TimelineKey Dates
Call Open09 September 2024
Final day for institutions to nominate researchers4pm (Irish time) 14 October 2024
Final day for shortlisted researchers to upload their fully completed applications to their online Lindau profiles – 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate MeetingTBC End of October/November 2024
Candidates notified of outcome – 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate MeetingFebruary/March 2024
74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Dates29 June to 4 July 2025

His Excellency Michael D. Higgins, the President of Ireland, is patron of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Fellow Award. 

Data Protection Notice

Please read our updated Data Protection Notice.


Our use of cookies

We use necessary cookies to make our site work. We'd also like to set optional analytics cookies to help us improve it. We won't set these optional cookies unless you enable them. Using this tool will set a cookie on your device to remember your preferences.

For more detailed information about the cookies we use, see our Privacy Policy page


Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions.


Analytics cookies

We'd like to set Google Analytics cookies to help us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone.