Glenn H. Brown Prizes were established to advance and diffuse knowledge of liquid crystal states of matter by encouraging effective written and oral presentations of doctoral research results.

At the 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference to be held June 29 - July 4, 2008 at Jeju Island, Korea, the ILCS will award a total of (US$)4,000 for outstanding theses (up to 4 @ $1,000 each) completed between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2007. Theses on theoretical, experimental and/or applied work on thermotropic, polymeric and/or lyotropic liquid crystal systems will be considered.

Prize winners will be introduced at the opening session of ILCC 2008. Winners will give Glenn H. Brown Invited Lectures, write an article that will appear in Liquid Crystals Today, and be guests of the ILCS at the Conference Banquet.

Submission materials for Glenn Brown Prize Nominations are available in either Microsoft Word format or Adobe PDF format, and include contact information for you and the nominee as well as the following sections:

1. English summary of the thesis' outstanding features - at most 3 pages
2. Letter of nomination - at most 5 pages
3. Seconds for this nomination - at most 3
4. Short curriculum vitae including Publications/Patents
5. Copy of the thesis