Young Investigator Best Paper Award
Industrial Biotechnology is proud to announce its very first Young Investigator Best Paper Award. This award will be dedicated to recognizing a published original research paper by a young investigator as first or corresponding author. The award will be determined by the Editorial Board Members of the Journal. Awardees will receive a $1,500 USD award and a dedicated global press release celebrating their exceptional contributions to the field.
A Young Investigator is defined as any individual who is within 10 years of completing a Ph.D. degree by September 30, 2023. Manuscript submission must be entered by no later than September 30, 2023 and identified as a candidate for consideration of the award in the submission cover letter.
Characteristics associated with a best paper include the introduction of an important new technique or approach in the field, a solution of a long-standing open problem, introduction and solution of an interesting and important new problem, highly innovative application of known ideas or existing techniques, and/or the presentation of a new system of outstanding relevance in the field. Under exceptional circumstances, the Program Committee may give two awards (ex aequo) or give no award.
For more information or direct queries, please contact Executive Editor Rebecca Coons at (508) 951-3505 or via email.
Please read through our Information for Authors prior to submitting your research for consideration.