Purdue University will nominate one young PhD graduate student researcher for the 2024 Chorafas Foundation Award. The $10,000 award, made available by the Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation, is intended as a prize for advanced studies and/or research during or shortly after graduation. The Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation was founded in 1992 under the leadership of Prof. Dimitris N. Chorafas. Each year, the Foundation awards prizes to more than 20 universities, with the goal of stimulating promising young researchers.

Applications are invited from eligible PhD students enrolled in any College at Purdue.

Research projects in the following areas are eligible for the Chorafas prize:

• Life Sciences & Medicine
• Physics
• Chemistry (including nanotechnology)
• Mathematics
• Informatics/Computer Science
• Engineering of Finance & Risk Management

Eligibility:

• Applications are invited from PhD students enrolled in any College at Purdue University.
• Applicants may not be older than 32 years on May 31, 2024 (born after 5/31/1992).
• Candidate students must have graduated or be expected to graduate between May 31, 2023 and December 31, 2024. Candidates can only be nominated once.

Process:

• Selection of a Purdue nominee will be a two-phase process. Students are invited to submit pre-proposals for the Chorafas Foundation Award by Friday, April 26, 2024.
• A maximum of 5 finalists will be selected to submit a full nomination package. The deadline for submitting full nomination packets is Friday, May 24, 2024.
• The cover page and all requirements and criteria for pre-proposals and final proposals are provided in the attachment.

All pre-proposals, regardless of students’ home College/Department, should be sent to the attention of Brettley Ross, College of Engineering, electronically as one PDF File emailed to EngrResearch@purdue.edu.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,

Brettley Ross

Senior Administrative Assistant

Office of Research and Innovation

Armstrong Hall of Engineering, Suite 3000

701 West Stadium Avenue

West Lafayette, IN 47907

Office Phone: 765-494-5178