The European Young Chemist Award (EYCA) 2010 was held in Nuremberg, Germany, during the 3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress. This was the third time this award has been presented. It had previously been awarded at the 1st European Chemistry Congress in Budapest in 2006, and at the 2nd European Chemistry Congress in Torino in 2008. Under the patronage of the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS), the Italian Chemical Society (SCI), the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), and the European Young Chemists Network (EYCN), the European Young Chemist Award 2010 was chaired by myself (SCI) and Sergej Toews (EYCN).
The aim of the EYCA is to showcase and recognize the excellent research being carried out by young scientists working in the chemical sciences. In particular, this award is intended to honor and encourage younger chemists whose current research displays a high level of excellence and distinction. It seeks to recognize and reward younger chemists of exceptional ability who show promise of substantial future achievements in chemistry-related research fields.
To be eligible to participate in the European Young Chemist Award in Nuremberg, the applicants had to be less than 35 years old by August 29, 2010 and co-authors of an abstract submitted to the 3rd European Chemistry Congress. As on the previous two occasions, the event was fully sponsored by the Italian Chemical Society.