
About Small Young Innovator Award 2025



The 2025 Small Young Innovator Award is open for applications!
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The Small Young Innovator Award recognizes outstanding, interdisciplinary scientific work in the development and fundamental understanding of nanoscience and nanotechnology by young scientists or engineers. The award recipient must also show exceptional promise as a developing leader in the areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology. It is funded by Wiley and has been awarded at the Small Sciences Symposium since 2012.

Award:
Each of the two investigators will be awarded a certificate and 1000 USD during each symposium.
Establishment & Support:
The 2025 Small Young Innovator Awards are supported by Wiley and will be issued independently during each Small Sciences Symposium.
Application Process:
For scientists based in India, the awards will be presented during the Small Sciences Symposium, IITM Chennai, India, on June 11th to 12th, 2025. The application deadline is May 15th, 2025.
The award committee includes board members and editors of Small. The decision of the award committee is final, and no enquiries will be entertained
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Previous Awardees (2012-2024):

Professor Hua Zhang
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Professor Ali Khademhosseini Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA

Professor Xiaodong Chen School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Professor Yi Cui
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, USA

Professor Guihua Yu
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Professor Xinliang Feng
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Dresden University of Technology, Germany

Professor Yan Yu Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, China

Professor Hailin Peng College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, China

Professor Liangbing Hu Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, USA

Professor Zhen Gu Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Professor Shaojun Guo School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, China

Professor Il Jeon Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea

Professor Moon Kee Choi Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea


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