The European Ceramic Society
Stuijts Awards
In memory of Prof. A. Leo Stuijts (1922-1982), who contributed considerably to the development of the science and technology of magneto- and electro-ceramic materials.
This award is given to ceramists belonging to a member country of the Society for outstanding contributions to ceramic science, technology and educational activities or production.
Scientists who received the Stuijts Award:

Richard Brook
UK
1st ECerS (1989), Maastricht (Nl)
Ton Burggraaf †
The Netherlands
2nd ECerS (1991), Augsburg (Ge)
Salvatore de Aza †
Spain
3rd EcerS (1993), Madrid (Sp)

Hans Hausner †
Germany
4th EcerS (1995), Riccione (It)
Roman Pampuch †
Poland
5th ECerS (1997), Versailles (Fr)
Niels Claussen
Germany
6th ECerS (1999), Brighton (UK)
Philippe Boch †
France
7th ECerS (2001), Bruges (Be)

Rudi Metselaar
The Netherlands
8th ECerS (2003), Istanbul (Tu)

Hasan Mandal
Turkey
9th ECerS (2005), Portoroz, (Sl)

Stuart Hampshire
Ireland
10th ECerS (2007), Berlin (Ge)

Gilbert Fantozzi
France
11th ECerS (2009), Krakow (PL)

Francis Cambier
Belgium
12th ECerS (2011), Stockholm (SE)

Pavol Sajgalik
Slovakia
13th ECerS (2013), Limoges (FR)

Alida Bellosi
Italy
14th ECerS (2015), Toledo (ES)
Anne Leriche
France
15th ECerS (2017), Budapest (HU)

Richard Todd
UK
16th ECerS (2019), Torino (IT)

Jérôme Chevalier
France
17th ECerS (2022), Krakow (PL)

Jan Dusza
Slovakia
18th ECerS (2023), Lyon (FR)
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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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