Borealis award for students

Borealis announced the winners of its Student Innovation Award 2009. Launched in 2008, the award recognizes the two most innovative research papers on polyolefins, olefins or melamine, one for a master’s degree and one for a doctorate graduate. A monetary award of 5,000 euro for the doctorate degree graduate and one of 3,000 euro for the master's degree graduate winner is granted to the winners along with an award and certificate. The 2009 Student Innovation Award for the master’s degree graduate is awarded to Matteo D’Amato (Italy) for his work on polymeric nanocomposite fibres. The Innovation Award for the doctorate degree was given to Amir Jabri (USA). A jury composed of independent academics and Borealis representatives assessed the incoming abstracts and selected the winners from more than two dozen submissions. The jury’s decision stated that the contributions of both winners are characterized by a combination of beautiful experimental works with excellent theoretical explanations.