ISNSCE Awards
The ISNSCE grants several awards to encourage and publicize accomplishment in the fields of nanoscale science and technology. These awards are announced at the two conferences. The awards are:
The Nadrian C. Seeman Nanoscience Prize which is presented at the Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO) conference each year. The prize recognizes and encourages outstanding research in all areas of nanoscience. It may be awarded for theory, experiment, modelling, or applications of nanoscience to any field of study, including but not limited to biology, chemistry, materials science, physics or computation. The winner of the prize receives $5,000 USD and is invited to give a keynote lecture at FNANO. The prize has been granted annually since 2007.
The Rozenberg Tulip Award in DNA Computing which is presented at the DNA Computing and Molecular Programming (DNA) conference each year. This award recognizes outstanding achievements in the field of Biomolecular Computing and Molecular Programming. The award has been granted annually since 2001.
The Robert Dirks Molecular Programming Prize which is presented at the Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO) conference each year. The prize recognizes exceptional early-career achievement by a researcher working in any area of molecular programming, whether theory, experiment, computation, or a combination thereof. The prize has been granted annually since 2016.
The Seeman Student Travel Awards which are presented at the Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO) conference and the DNA Computing and Molecular Programming (DNA) conference each year. The awards support students to attend FNANO and DNA conferences. The awards are selective, with awardees chosen based on a combination of quality, novelty and importance of research, diversity of scientific areas, and connection to Nadrian C. Seeman’s vision broadly defined as “controlling matter with chemical information”. The awards have been granted semi-annually since 2024.
The Student and Postdoc Awards which are presented at the Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO) conference and the DNA Computing and Molecular Programming (DNA) conference each year. These awards are:
- The Excellent Student Paper Award (DNA)
- The Excellent Student Presentation Award (DNA)
- The Excellent Student and Postdoc Poster Award (DNA)
- The Excellent Student and Postdoc Presentation Award (FNANO)