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We are pleased to announce the open call for applications to the fifth annual N.E.T. Student Awards Program.
The N.E.T. Program Award Committee is honored to announce Master’s student in Applied Psychology Yongjie Sun as a recipient of the 2025 N.E.T. Award for Academic Excellence. For Sun, who describes the award as a “crucial source of affirmation and motivation,” the honor marks an important milestone in his academic journey.
The N.E.T. Program Award Committee is honored to name PhD candidate in Ecology Meizi You as a recipient of the 2025 N.E.T. Award for Academic Excellence.
The N.E.T. Program Award Committee is honored to name PhD candidate in Neuroscience Yuhan Lu as a recipient of the 2025 N.E.T. Award for Academic Excellence. Lu graduated this June with a PhD in Neuroscience from ECNU School of Psychology and Cognitive Science and continued on as a Postdoc fellow at NYU Shanghai. He describes the award is “high praise from our research community.”
The N.E.T. Program Award Committee is honored to name ECNU Master’s student in Optics Hao Zeng as a recipient of the 2025 N.E.T. Award for Academic Excellence. For Zeng, the award recognition, “encourages me to work harder, and gives me greater confidence to continue pursuing my research with focus and determination.”
The N.E.T. Program Award Committee is honored to name PhD candidate in Physical Chemistry Kaifang Huang as a recipient of the 2025 N.E.T. Award for Academic Excellence. For Huang, the recognition is “a tremendous validation of my past efforts and a powerful motivator to tackle even greater challenges.”
The Research Excellence Award honors students who have made outstanding achievements in scientific research, while the Community Impact Award recognizes and encourages students’ contributions to the development of the N.E.T. Program and the broader N.E.T. community.
We are organizing a N.E.T. Summer Camp on August 28–29, 2025, for prospective Ph.D. students. The Camp serves as a platform for academic and scientific exchange and offers participants a taste of Ph.D. research studies.
We are pleased to announce the open call for applications to the fourth annual N.E.T. Student Awards Program.
The N.E.T. community is honored to announce two N.E.T. students, as well as student representatives, Yongjie Sun and Xuechun Shen as this year’s winners of the Community Impact Award. Both recipients commented on the encouragement and affirmation that receiving the award provided felt and look forward to a bright future in their research careers.