The Society for the Dissemination of Nature Doctrine (SNU) has decided to distribute one or more portions of Associate Professor, Dr. Mrs. Kirstine Meyer, f. Bjerrum's Memorial Grant in connection with the 200th anniversary of H. C. Ørsted's discovery of electromagnetism (1820).

Kirstine Meyer was the first Danish woman to become a Dr.phil in physics, and in 1920 she was editor of a publication of Ørsted's collected works in celebration of the 100th anniversary of his discovery of electromagnetism. This publication is republished by the Society of Sciences here in 2020, in a very beautifully printed edition.

Snu's executive board has set up a nomination committee consisting of Professor Dorte Olesen, Professor Anja C. Andersen and Professor Sven Frøkjær.

Options for the grant consisting of motivation and a full CV should be sent to Dorte Olesen by 31 October 2020 at the following email: doole@dtu.dk.

The grant is expected to be awarded during November-December 2020 and there is a total grant amount of DKK 45,000, which, according to the committee's opinion, can be awarded together or spread over up to 3 nominees.

Criteria for awarding the grant

The grant is awarded to "young promising Danish students or Graduates to promote their education or their research in the Field of Nature Doctrine".

Previous recipients of Kirstine Meyer's Memorial Grant can be seen here.

There is no application form. However, please stay within 1 A4 sheet with normal legible typography for the motivation. There are no restrictions on the length of the full CV.