SPSJ Awards

SPSJ International Award

The SPSJ International Award was established in 1994 to honor the merits of international contributors to the SPSJ. This award has been given to foreign polymeric scientists and others, who have contributed to the field of basic and applied sciences of polymer science and engineering for many years and have remarkable accomplishment of exchanges with Japan. The nominee will be a person who is over 55 years old.

SPSJ International Award 2023

Jae-Suk Lee
 Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology Founding and Utilization of Living Anionic Polymerization of Isocyanates
Bruno Ameduri
 Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier （CNRS） Pioneering Contribution on Synthesis of Fluoropolymers for Advanced Applications
Suwabun Chirachanchai
 Chulalongkorn University Development of Functional Environmentally Friendly Polymers for Advanced Materials
Rigoberto C. Advincula
 University of Tennessee at Knoxville / Oak Ridge National Laboratory Design and Synthesis of Nanostructured Polymers and Layered Materials

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SPSJ Award for the Outstanding Paper in Polymer Journal sponsored by ZEON

This award will be given to the first author of a paper which has been published in any issue of the Polymer Journal (No. 1-12) in the preceding year to recognize the quality of the contents of the Polymer Journal.

The nominee has to be before his or her 38th birthday at the time when the concerning paper was submitted to the Polymer Journal. The number of the awards is limited three per year. The award consists of a certificate, a medal, and 300,000JPY.

The award winner has to present an Award Lecture at the SPSJ Annual Meeting in the year the award is given. Traveling and accommodation fee will be provided by SPSJ. Details for the nomination or application procedures (the nomination format) and the deadline for submission of materials are obtained from the Editorial Office of the Polymer Journal, SPSJ.

SPSJ Award for the Outstanding Paper in Polymer Journal sponsored by ZEON 2023

Yuya DOI
 Nagoya University Preparation and Characterization of Two-dimensional Sheet-shaped Poly(methyl methacrylate) Synthesized via γ-Ray Polymerization in Nanoclay Template
(Polym. J., 55, 957(2023))
Rena INAMASU
 The University of Tokyo Observation of Molecular Motions in Polymer Thin Films by Laboratory Grazing Incidence Diffracted X-ray Blinking
(Polym. J., 55, 703(2023))
Akira SHINOHARA
 Sagami Chemical Research Institute Stretchable π-Conjugated Polymer Electrets for Mechanoelectric Generators
(Polym. J., 55, 529(2023))

SPSJ Award for the Outstanding Paper in
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History of “Award for the Outstanding Paper” published in
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