The 2017 Masao Horiba Awards Opens for Applications

Horiba has announced that the 2017 Masao Horiba Awards started to accept applications on 1 March. For the 14th year of the awards, the theme will be ‘Water measurement enriches people’s lives’. Under a changing theme every year, the awards entice large numbers of researchers to submit applications, from which 3 will be eventually selected as winners. Targeting researchers who are excelling in the fields of measurement and analysis, the awards are hoping to actively contribute to the future of technology in the field.

Target Technical Field: ‘Water measurement enriching people's lives’

Horiba are looking for water measurement technology and analytical technology enriching people's living standard from the following viewpoint.

Techniques related to in-situ measurement and analysis (e.g. the techniques that can realise real-time measurement by installing or mounting in target areas.)

Technology combining water measurement and information processing technology (ICT, IoT, AI. etc.)

Technologies that contributes to the advancement of automatic measurement (maintenance free, non-sampling technology, etc.)

The water in the target applications includes not only environmental water (lake water, river water, seawater, groundwater) and industrial water (water supply system, sewer system, water treatment such as desalination), but also various kinds of liquids (drinking water, nutrient solution, culture solution, washing solution etc). However, techniques related to measurement of body fluids and clinical tests are excluded.

For guidelines and the application form for the Masao Horiba Awards:

http://www.mh-award.org/en/apply/