Anton Paar is proud of sponsoring one “Study Award” (AP-Award) to one PhD student in support of a 2 days of practical lab experience in its labs in Rivoli (Turin).
This Award will be attributed to n. 1 PhD student enrolled at the 2nd Year of the PhD program and aimed support (both from a technical and financial point of view) his/her research in carrying out instrumental measurements in the well-equipped labs of Anton Paar to complement/to improve the experimental plan of the project.
The Award will offer to the winner PhD student also the opportunity to build and expand her/his professional network and boost her/his future career
The Award will be attributed by a Board of experts made of 1 representative of Anton Paar, 1 researcher/teacher of the university hosting the 29th Workshop (i.e. University of Teramo) and 1 researcher/teacher of another university selected from the registered participants. Any conflict of interest between the potential candidates and the members of the AP award will be avoided and the list of the members made public in the dedicated web page of the website.
Criteria of selection:
– quality of the abstract (clarity, originality, overall quality)
– relevance of the physical and rheological properties of the PhD research in promoting innovation in food product development.
Award evaluation process
A pre-selection of the 6 PhDs better fitting the criteria of selection will be made considering all the 2nd year PhD students registered at the 29th PhD Workshop based on the submitted abstracts and their interest to be included in the selection (in the registration form).
The final selection will be carried out during the workshop where the AP-Award members will interview the 6 pre-selected candidates.
Award ceremony
The AP-Award ceremony will occur during the “Awards session”, on 12th September, planned before the closing session of the 29th Workshop.
The AP-Award
The awarded AP-Award PhD student will receive:
– A recognition plaque
– Full coverage of the expenses to spend 2 days in the Anton Paar labs in Rivoli (TO) including travel, accommodation and meals. For the duration of the hosting, the PhD student will receive all the assistance to carry out experiments in the labs by using the available instruments, including, among others equipment for rheology and tribology, DMTA, Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS/ ELS), instruments for BET and pore distribution, nano-indentation, FTIR, Raman, fluids, powders and solids density, farinography, extensography, residual moisture, lab scale milling, micro-visco amilography, microwaves digestion, etc.)