RESOLV Student Challenge
Win a research stay and explore Solvation Science alongside leading solvation scientists
Join our Student Challenge "Your Step into Solvation Science" to shape the future of research in this field. We encourage Master and PhD students worldwide, specializing in natural sciences, medical sciences or engineering, to participate. Don't miss this chance to build valuable connections, collaborate, and gain unique research experiences. No age limit applies.
Benefits for winners include a three-month fully funded research opportunity at RESOLV, a premier international research environment. You will develop your scientific and professional skills while bringing your ideas to life. You will get a monthly stipend and a fixed-rate reimbursement of your travel expenses to Germany. Your research period can be selected flexibly until December 2026.
Future winners might wish to plan their stay to attend our Summer School Solvation Science in May 2027 (18th to 21st).
Summer School Solvation Science
All participants need to have an international health insurance including repatriation in case of serious illness for full the period of staying in Germany.
Before completing the application form, please read all information in the program factsheet.
Program information
Subject: enact your research proposal
Duration: 3 months
Location: Ruhr University Bochum, Technical University Dortmund,University Duisburg-Essen, Max-Planck-Institut
Language of instruction: English
Funding: RESOLV sponsors travel (reimbursement) and a monthly stipend
Period of research stay: before December 2027
Prerequisites
Current Master's and PhD students in the fields of Natural Sciences, Medical Sciences, or related topics of Engineering disciplines.
The program is officially closed. Rigistration for the next period will be open 1 of October 2026. New application deadlines will be 1. December 2026, 1. March 2027 and 1. June 2027.
The results for the next round will be announced before 20. December 2026.
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List of winners
2023
Sangita Ghosh, West Bengal State University
Zhengisbek Kuspanov, Satbayev University
Mondal Shubhadeep, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Rudhi Ranjan Sahoo, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER)
Leonardo Morais, Federal University of São Carlos
Eduard Gil Olaria, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
2024
Mohadeseh Shaghaghi, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences
Perinbanathan Shankaran, Vellore Institute of Technology
Joyjit Kundu, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
Olga Vorobyova, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Ivan Shchus, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Daphne Morrison Noble, Vellore Institute of Technology
Vasanthapandiyan Mari, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence
Soham Chowdhury, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
2025
Moulay Driss Mellaoui, Ibn Zohr University
Annapurna Karmakar, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
Jane Anto Simplica Sagayaraj, Vellore Institute of Technology
Luca Manning, Boise State University
Manikandan Sekar, Vellore Institute of Technology
Kyryl Bocharov, IMC FH University of Applied Sciences Krems
Chang Fa, Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology
Fadil Faizal Mannighayil, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
2026
Anis Khan, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Soumya Bhattacharya, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur
Barbara Keresztes, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University
Rodgers Mutugi, National Institute for Optics and Lasers
Nelson Fischer-Heibey, University of Victoria
Suman Pal, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
Snehasish Samal, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)
Sahana Yaalehalli Kalyanamurthy, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi-NCR
Julian Mateo Rayo Alape, Federal University of ABC
Umut Mert Karacaoglu, Bilkent University
Shamik Chanda, IISER Kolkata