The European Ceramic Society
James Zhijian Shen - Open Ceramics Best Paper - Award
The James Zhijian Shen (Open Ceramics Best Paper) Award is made at the biennial ECerS conferences to the best paper published in the Journal in the two years immediately preceding the year of the conference. Papers are nominated by the Editors and the best paper is chosen by the Board of the JECS Trust. This Award is given in memory of Professor James Zhijian Shen who passed away in 2021.
Scientist who received this Award :

David Karl
2023 - TU Berlin, Germany
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2025 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 3rd call!
In the frame of the 2025 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a first call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 2025 International Symposium on Green Processing for Advanced Ceramics (IGPAC 2025), organised by the Ceramic Society of Japan, from 5th to 9th October 2025 in Ise-Shima/Mie, Japan.
Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust for Mobility projects is 31st August 2025!
Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before end of October 2025. Activities submitted for the deadline of 31st August 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before November 2025.
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