The International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies (IULTCS) is inviting submissions from those eligible to receive one of its Young Leather Scientist Grants for 2025.
The Young Leather Scientist Grants were created to recognise outstanding achievements in three different categories by individual young scientists.
The award categories, and the areas they cover, are as follows:
1. Basic Leather Research Grant – €1,500
- basic research in collagen and/or leather
- analytical method development
- innovative leather processing or new chemicals thereof
- hide/skin preservation
- tannery waste treatment
- environmental studies applied to the tanneries
2. Professor Mike Redwood Sustainability/Environmental Grant – €1,000
- innovative environmental techniques e.g. wastewater treatment, solid waste and emissions
- studies on sustainability leather processing
- new chemicals for leather processing improving environmental impact e.g. carbon footprint and/or water management
3. Leather machinery/equipment grant – €1,000
- innovative new machinery for leather processing
- simplification and/or rationalisation of leather production
- increased efficiency through e.g. energy savings
The applicants for the grant must not be older than 35 at the date of submission, be a student or scientist on a university or a leather school, and have an advisor at their institution.
The deadline for submissions is 30 November 2024, with the winner being announced on 30 January 2025, and the awards paid on 15 February 2025.
