Promotion of Young Scientists
The DGP follows the task of promoting young scientists by supporting the networking of students, PhD students and young professionals. The DGP offers financial support, such as travel grants, and awards annual doctoral and poster prizes.
PhD prize
Each year, the DGP awards a doctoral prize to a dissertation in the field of plant nutrition. In exceptional cases, the prize may be awarded twice. The award is associated with a prize money of 1000 €. Candidates can either be nominated by members of the DGP or submit a self-application. Candidates who have obtained their doctorate at a German university since August 01 of the previous year are eligible to apply. Outstanding work in the field of plant nutrition that has been evaluated with at least “magna cum laude” will be considered.
The following must be submitted with the application to the DGP office: Letter of motivation (max. 1 page), Curriculum Vitae, doctoral degree certificate or provisional certificate of the doctorate, expert opinion of the supervisor, dissertation thesis. The application together with the dissertation thesis must be emailed as one coherent pdf file each to the DGP management.
Deadline for submissions is 31 July of the current year. The official awarding of the doctoral prize takes place during the annual meeting of the DGP e.V., which is usually held in September. During the award ceremony, the award winner will present his or her dissertation in a talk.
Overview of the award winners
2024 Leonie Dries
2024 Jon Henningsen
2023 Christian Frerichs
2023 Esther Lange
2022 Amit Sagervanshi
2020 Zhongtao Jia
2019 Johanna Krippner
2019 Anne Roßmann
2018 Franziska Faust
2017 Stephan Jung
2016 Linbo Wu
2016 Mareike Jezek
2015 Stefanie Höller
2014 Jan Reent Köster
2014 Nicole Schmid
2011 Christioph-Martin Geilfus
2010 Stephanie Fischinger
2009 Hendrik Führs
2008 Britta Pitann
2004 Marion Fecht-Christoffers
2004 Edgar Peiter
Poster Award
The DGP awards three poster prizes totaling € 600 at its annual meetings. The prizewinners are selected by a committee formed at the meeting.
Workshops
At the moment, no workshops are taking place .
DGP Scholarships
The DGP awards scholarships of up to € 500 to PhD students and postdocs for participation in conferences and other scientific events in the field of plant nutrition, as well as for research visits. The justified, informal application must be sent to the DGP head office and meet the criteria mentioned below for consideration.
Informal application to the office that includes the following:
- Cover letter
- A list of estimated costs
- For conference scholarships: Proof of your own contribution (e.g. abstract, poster)
- For research stays: Description of the planned work at the host institute
- For further training: Aim and justification of the further training
Proof of the actual costs incurred must be submitted to the office immediately after completion of the funded measure, but no later than three months after completion. A grant of up to £500 will only be paid out if the supporting documents are submitted in full and on time.
For funded research stays, a short report (approx. ½ page) on the activities carried out and the results achieved must be prepared and submitted with the supporting documents. This report may be published on the DGP website.
Furthermore, the following regulations apply to the awarding of scholarships to ensure the sustainable use of funds:
- A maximum of five scholarships are awarded per financial year: no more than three in the first half of the year and – if this number has been reached – no more than two in the second half of the year. If fewer than three scholarships were awarded in the first half of the year, the difference can be made up in the second half of the year to a total of five scholarships.
- There are two application deadlines per year: 30 April for projects in the period from 1 July to 31 January and 31 August for projects in the period from 1 February to 30 June. The assessment of applications begins after the submission deadline.
- Funding is only possible if a European IBAN is provided for payment.
- For conference participation, early bird registration is a prerequisite for funding. Please include proof of this with your application.
- No more than two scholarships per working group may be awarded per financial year.
- Funding for the same person in two consecutive years is not possible.
- Approval or rejection will be made without giving reasons
Discount of the conference fee of the DGP annual meetings
Members of the DGP receive a discount on the conference fee of the DGP conference. The extent of the discount is specified by the respective organizing working group.