Texas A&M - Lindau Scholars Program

As the chief American partner of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Foundation, Texas A&M supports travel for a select group of students and post-docs from American universities to the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, held annually in mid-summer in Lindau, Germany. The Nobel Laureate Meetings provide a forum for intellectual exchange for scholars across generations, disciplines and cultures. Getting to meet, connect and be inspired by Nobel Prize winners and other young scientists from around the world is the opportunity of a lifetime.

In addition, Texas A&M also hosts a preparatory workshop for young scholars selected to attend the Lindau Meeting. Over two days at the Texas A&M campus in College Station, these young scholars from across the U.S. have the chance to meet with Texas A&M faculty and administrators, as well as each other, to prepare to make the most of this transformational opportunity at Lindau.

Texas A&M and partners cover the cost for young scholars associated with both events.

Read about the 2024 Pre-Lindau Workshop and Texas A&M's Agreement with the Lindau Foundation

74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

The 2025 meeting will take place from June 29 - July 4, 2025, and will focus on Chemistry. Nobel Laureates and about 600 highly talented young scientists will be invited to join a unique week of scientific exchange, inspiration and networking during lectures, panel discussions and small-size discussion sessions.

Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Young scientists talking with Lindau Nobel Laureate Attendees. Photo courtesy of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Foundation

Nomination Guidelines

Eligibility

Nominees must be Texas A&M students or postdocs that are enrolled or affiliated with the university at the time of their nomination.

Nominees must be nominated by an academic advisor or faculty member. Self-nominations will not be considered.

We welcome nominations on behalf of:

Undergraduate students, who
- exhibit a solid knowledge in Chemistry and related disciplines,
- demonstrate independent research experience.
Master and doctoral students, who
- have performed excellent research, documented, for example, by publications, conference presentations, grants or other academic awards.
Postdoctoral scientists, who
- are at an early career stage (i.e. up to 5 years of postdoctoral experience) and do not yet hold an independent group leader position,
- have presented their work at international scientific meetings, preferably as (invited) speakers,
- have published excellent research, in refereed journals as first, last and/or corresponding author.

Selection Criteria

Successful nominees should, at the time of nomination:

demonstrate excellence in their principal field of studies
receive very strong support of their application by academic advisors and/or internationally renowned scientists, who know the applicant well (please review the letter of nomination guidelines below),
have engaged in extracurricular activities,
be fluent in English,
not have participated in a previous Lindau Meeting,
commit themselves to being present in Lindau for the full duration of the meeting,
be prepared to actively participate in discussions with Laureates and Young Scientists.

Nomination Letter Requirements

Please keep the length to approximately one standard letter size and write it in English.
Submit the letter as a PDF-file.
Describe the candidate’s achievements, DO NOT describe the nominating institution.
Prepare an individual letter for each candidate, DO NOT use a standard letter, which is the same for all candidates.
Please point out specific accomplishments of the candidate in their scientific work or in raising public awareness.

The laureates expect us to select the most talented and interested young scientists. To ensure their active participation and close interaction, we seek the very best and highly engaged and communicative young scientists. Please bear in mind that for the final selection your letter of recommendation has a decisive influence on whether the nominee will be chosen or not.