Excellence Award in Process Safety

The EFCE presents a triennial Excellence Award to recognise a PhD thesis or papers published in the preceding three-year period, which demonstrates outstanding contribution to research and/or practice in process safety. This document describes how this award series will operate and the rules & procedures governing nomination and selection of candidates.

The award will comprise

A certificate
A cash award of 1500 Euros
Free access to the Loss Prevention Symposium
A travel grant (up to 500 Euros) to attend the Loss Prevention Symposium, where the award will be presented

The award will be presented

at the triennial Loss Prevention Symposium, in plenary session.

Eligibility

The award is presented primarily to researchers or engineers at the begin of their career, who have made excellent contributions to safety in the Process Industries.
Nominations can be submitted by
- PhD supervisors at a PhD-awarding institution in an EFCE member country
- Members of a national or regional member association of EFCE
Self-nominations are excluded. No more than one nomination can be submitted by the same person
The nominated PhD Thesis or publication must address a topic relevant to the field of Process Safety.
The nominated PhD Thesis or publication must have been published during the three calendar years preceding the closing date for nominations.
The nominated PhD Thesis must have been completed and published and the PhD degree examined and awarded.

Publication of selected work

The successful candidate will be invited to make a presentation at the Loss Prevention Symposium at which the Award is presented. The presentation will be published in the proceedings of the Symposium and/or in ChERD or PSEP.

Call for Nominations

Winners of the Award

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