IMA Ph.D. Student Award

The International Mineralogical Association Ph.D. Student award is intended to honor and support outstanding students by providing them the opportunity to present their research at an international level to forge new collaborations and ideas, and further develop their career.

The award is intended to support financially the student participation in an international conference with a strong involvement of the IMA. Anyone who is enrolled in and is still within the first to fifth years of, a full-time Ph.D. program in mineralogy (or a closely related discipline) is eligible to apply.

Call for Applicants: 2026 IMA Ph.D. Student Award (Closed)

Ph.D. Student Award 2022 (IMA2022 General Meeting in Lyon, France)

  • Frederik Börner (Friedrich-Alexander Univ., Geozentrum, Erlangen, Germany)
  • Alireza Eslami (ISTERRE, Université Grenoble Alpes, France)
  • Yang-Zhang Li (Peking Univ., China)
  • Ryo Fukushima (Tohuku Univ., Sendai, Japan)
  • Zsombor Molnar (Univ. of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary)
The five PhD students awardees in 2022.
Patrick Cordier (past-President in 2022) and three of the 5 awardees.

Ph.D. Student Award 2020 (EMC2020 postponed to summer 2021, Krakow, Poland)

Online meeting. No travel grand awarded to Ph.D. students.

Ph.D. Student Award 2018 (IMA2018 General Meeting in Melbourn, Australia)

Peter C Burns(left), Patrick Cordier (right) and three 2018 awardees.
  • Stefan Farsang (Univ. Cambridge, UK)
  • Philippe Belley (Univ. British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
  • Marek Tuhy ( Charles Univ. Prague, Czech Republic)

Ph.D. Student Award 2016 (EMC2016, Rimini, Italy)

Sergey V. Krivovichev (left), Patrick Cordier (right) and three 2016 awardees.
  • Petra Jakubova (Masaryk Univ., Brno, Czech Republic)
  • Mattia Luca Mazzacchelli (Univ. Padova, Italy)
  • Liene Spruzeniece (Macquarie Univ. Sydney, Australia)