Jong KNCV Poster competition

For several years the Jong KNCV poster competition is the ultimate chance for young chemists to present their gradution or internship research to students, professors and companies via a poster. The competition takes place at the PAC-symposium. All chemistry, life science, and chemical technology students at a university in The Netherlands can sign up. A professional jury will select the top three of the candidates, and the audience chooses the 'publieksprijs'.

Prizes
First prize €500,-
Second prize €250,-
Third prize €150,-
Audience Award €100,-

If there are fewer than 10 participants, the prize money will be adjusted.

Procedure
If you want to participate in the poster competition you must also buy a ticket for the PAC symposium. Tickets are available through this website. The competition takes place in two rounds. In the morning, the jury will visit the posters in groups of two, and determine the top 6. This top 6 will receive a visit from the full jury, and the award ceremony will take place before the last plenary lecture. You can also enter in pairs, but then you will also have to share the prize.

This procedure is subject to the physical event of the symposium. With a digital variant, the procedure may be different.

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Winner of 2020 Kristel Jagtenberg presents her poster to the jury.

In 2022 the event was held online in Gathertown. Because of the low amount of subsctiptions, we awarded one prize.

The winner was Eva Harsevoort from Utrecht University with her poster 'From Biomass to Renewable Chemical Building Blocks: Intramolecular Furan-Diels Alder Reactions.'