The European Physical Society (EPS) Prize for Research into the Science of Light is awarded on behalf of the European Physical Society through its Quantum Electronics & Optics Division (QEOD). The prize is awarded every 2 years in recognition of recent work by one or more individuals (no more than three) for scientific excellence in the area of electromagnetic science in its broadest sense, across the entire spectrum of electromagnetic waves.

The first Prize for Research into the Science of Light was awarded on 3 January 2013 during Nanometa 2013 in Seefeld, Austria, to Philip St J Russell, from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen, Germany.

The 2015 Edition of the Prize for Research into the Science of Light is now open for nominations.

Please click here to access full details of the call on the submission website.

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