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SFV “Michel Cantarel” student grant

To encourage young researchers' works, French Vacuum Society (SFV) will reward a maximum of 5 PhD students attending ICTF 2026 in Biarritz.
The 'Michel CANTAREL' Grants consists on Certificates (Diploma) & Cash prizes of € 300 for each student.

The 8 finalists for the SFV "Michel Cantarel" Student grant

• Manon DEWYNTER - Safran / Univ. Poitiers (FR)
  Oral #OPTO6-O1-020 - Towards high efficiency and high durability antireflection infrared coating

• Tiago FERNANDES - Uppsala Univ. (SE)
  Poster #DEVO-P1-011 - Phase formation on CaV₂O_x amorphous films deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering after post-annealing treatment

• Arno GITSCHTHALER  - TU Wien (AT)
  Oral #GROM7-O2-087 - Exploring the Ti-A-C (A = Si or Ge) phase space: Ion-driven low-temperature crystallization pathways to MAX based materials

• Valentin JOB - UNamur (BE)
  Oral #HELI2-O1-217 - Investigation of the antibacterial and antiviral properties of carbon‑based and nitride‑based coatings doped with silver and copper

• Magdalena KIRCHMAIR - Montanuniv. Leoben (AT)
  Oral #DEVO6-O1-187 - In situ characterization of the hydrogen permeation barrier performance of MoNbTaWZr high entropy alloy coatings

• Rofaida Nihed MEKKI - Charles Univ., Prague (CZ)
  Poster #OPTO-P2-221 - Pulsed bias effects on SnO₂ thin films deposited by ECWR plasma

• Abdul REHMAN - The Pennsylvania State Univ. (US)
  Oral #OPTO6-O4-106 - Architected alternating-handedness ensemble of chiral sculptured thin films for dual-band bandstop filter

• Guillem VILAR - Femto-ST Institute, Besançon (FR)
  Oral #GROM3 -O3-117 - Cr-Ta Janus-like thin film nanocolumns for gas sensing

Eligibility

To be eligible for the “Michel Cantarel” Student Grant, the Applicant must:

• be registered as a graduate student
• present an oral or poster contribution (see Application section)
• pay the registration fees
• be present during the Closing ceremony

Procedure

The documents listed above must be received by 5 April 2026 by email to the Conference Secretary. The support letter must be sent by email by the supervisor.

The SFV “Michel Cantarel” Student Grant' Committee will proceed in 3 steps:

• By the end of April 2026 a first selection: 8 finalists will be chosen based on the scientific and the originality of the work.
• The Final selection will proceed during the conference: The Committee will attend the selected presentations (during oral and poster sessions) in order to decide for the best works.
• The Granted PhD students will be rewarded during the Closing ceremony at the end of the conference.