An award, the "Paul Drude Medal", opens an external URL in a new window, with a with prize money of 1000,- Euro 
will be given to a young scientist for exceptional contributions to the 
field of ellipsometric metrology or spectroscopy.

Further prizes will be awarded for the best poster contributions. (1st: 
500,- Euro; 2nd: 200,- Euro)

As part of the AKE's efforts to promote a European network of 
ellipsometry, financial assistance to attend the Workshop Ellipsometry 
(WSE) is available to students from European countries. Students 
(Masters, PhD) from the countries listed below are eligible to apply for 
one of four bursaries of Euro 300 each to contribute to the costs of 
attending the WSE. The bursary will be paid by bank transfer.
In addition to an oral/poster abstract, the applicant is required to 
submit a short text (max. 300 words) describing their research 
activities and explaining why attendance at the WSE would be beneficial 
to their research.
The application should be sent to WSE11_Info(at)jku.at

List of accepted European countries:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, 
Finland, France, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, 
Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, 
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, 
Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom

The deadline for application for support - together with application for an oral or poster contribution is the 2nd of August 2021.