Introducing the GC-MS Application Challenge

The Analytical Scientist, in collaboration with LECO Corporation, Restek, Axel Semrau and GL Sciences, introduces the GC-MS Application Challenge. We invite those working in the GC-MS space to submit your best application notes for the chance to win some exciting prizes. Are you up to the challenge?

Deadline?
 

Submissions are now CLOSED

Prizes?
 

Top prizes
Winners will be selected by our panel of expert judges in each of the following three categories:

• Best novel application – supported by LECO
  Prize: the choice of: a sponsored (all expenses paid, up to $3,000) visit to LECO’s facility where the winner will present their application findings to a panel and have the opportunity to run their application work in LECO’s lab; OR a sponsored (up to $3,000) visit to a mass spectrometry conference, where the winner will present their application findings; OR a $3,000 discount on a LECO instrument.

• Excellence in chromatography – supported by Restek
  Prize: Restek consumables worth $3,000.

• Creative use of application workflows, sample prep & automation – supported by Axel Semrau
  Prize: the choice of: a sponsored (all expenses paid, up to $3,000) visit to Axel Semrau’s facility, where the winner will present their application findings to a panel and have the opportunity to run their application work in Axel Semrau’s lab; OR a sponsored (up to $3,000) visit to a mass spectrometry conference, where the winner will present their application findings; OR a $3,000 discount on an Axel Semrau instrument.

• Special recognition – supported by GL Sciences
  Prize: university entries will be eligible for a special recognition prize: a GL Sciences leak detector.

*Top-prize winners will also be featured in an article published in The Analytical Scientist’s April, 2023, ASMS issue

Additional prizes

• Application excellence
  Prize: three entrants will be awarded $500 Amazon vouchers for excellence in specific application areas.
• Runners-up prizes 
  Prize: six $250 Amazon vouchers are also up for grabs.

How do I submit?
 

It's easy – simply upload your application note by clicking below

Submit here

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The rules?
 

Application notes must be presented in the form of a written document of no more than 2,500 words, with a maximum of six figures. Additional requirements are listed on the submission page.

What happens next?
 

Winners will be chosen by our panel of expert judges, including (but not limited to):

• Robert K. Nelson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, USA
• James Harynuk, University of Alberta, Canada 
• Susan Richardson, University of South Carolina, USA 
• Hans-Gerd Janssen, Unilever and Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands
• Giorgia Purcaro, University of Liege, Belgium  
• Erich Leitner, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• Jaap de Zeeuw, CreaVisions, The Netherlands
• Robert Trengove, Curtin University, Perth

Based on the extended deadline, the results will be announced APRIL 2023.

Best of luck!

if you have any difficulty in submission, please contact:
[email protected] (Editor)