attocube Research Award
The attocube Research Award honours outstanding, highly motivated students of CeNS and/or WSI/ZNN who performed excellent research in the framework of a Masters/Diploma or PhD thesis showing strong innovative ideas and pointing at potential industrial applications. The 2009 established prize is awarded annually by the CeNS spin-off company 
attocube systems AG.
Two prizes ares awarded:
2.500 Euro for completed Masters'/Diploma Thesis
5.000 Euro for completed PhD Thesis
In addition to the prize for the applicant, the supervising laboratory of the PhD student receives twice this prize money: 10.000 Euro for supervision of PhD Thesis.
Who can participate?
Master/Diploma and PhD students who performed their thesis under the supervision of a CeNS member and finished their Master, Diploma or PhD Thesis between April 15, 2010 and June 15, 2012 (date of certificate). Candidates should be proposed for the award by a member of CeNS or WSI/ZNN.
Submission guideline
Students who have been suggested should send the following documents to the 
CeNS office:
Short letter of support by the thesis supervisor
Curriculum Vitae of the student (incl. Bachelor/Master/Diploma certificates)
List of Publications (if available)
Short summary of the thesis (text max. 1 page)
Explanation of the potential applications of (part of) the research work for industry and/or description of the innovative character of the work
Applications have to be submitted to hennig
cens.de by June 15, 2012.
Jury
The jury is composed of three professors of CeNS and a representative from attocube systems:
- Dieter Braun (Biophysics, CeNS/LMU Munich)
- Alexander Holleitner (Semiconductor Physics, CeNS/TU Munich)
- Khaled Karrai (Scientific Director, attocube systems)
- Christina Scheu (Physical Chemistry, CeNS/LMU Munich)
The winners of the attocube Research Award will be announced at the "CeNS meets Industry" event/CeNS summer party on July 20, 2012.
Awardees 2010
Attocube-WITTENSTEIN Research Award for Diploma thesis
Thomas Faust, Group of Dr. Eva Weig
Attocube-WITTENSTEIN Research Award for PhD thesis
Jan Vogelsang, Group of Prof. Philip Tinnefeld & Franz Weinert, Group of Prof. Dieter Braun
Awardees 2009
Attocube-WITTENSTEIN Research Award for Diploma thesis
Sebastian Stapfner, Group of Dr. Eva Weig
Attocube-WITTENSTEIN Research Award for PhD thesis
Elias Puchner, Group of Prof. Herrmann Gaub & Qian Huihong, Group of Prof. Achim Hartschuh