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The ICNIRS is proud to announce that the Karl Norris Award 2025 will be presented to Prof. Dr. Ana Garrido-Varo (Spain), in recognition of her outstanding lifelong contributions to NIR spectroscopy in education, research, and technology transfer. With a career spanning more than four decades at the Faculty of Agriculture & Forestry Engineering University of

Marena Manley It is with great pleasure that the ICNIRS announces Prof. Marena Manley from South Africa as the recipient of the 2025 Tomas Hirschfeld Award. This year’s award round has been exceptionally competitive, with a remarkable pool of top candidates. The strength of this competition is a great sign for the future of our

The ICNIRS regrets to inform you that Prof. Paul Geladi, the convenor of NIR 2007, passed away Saturday May 18th, 2024 in Umea, Sweden, at the age of 72. We will always remember him and his great contributions to the international NIR community. A memorial page has been setup – please visit and share your

It is a great pleasure to announce that the Karl Norris Award 2023 goes to Professor Harald Martens from Norway. Harald has been instrumental in the development of chemometrics algorithms as a tool for quantitative analysis of NIR spectra. In particular Harald has played a central role in the development of common and omnipresent algorithms

Roger Meder It is a pleasure to announce that the Tomas Hirschfeld Awardee 2023 is Roger Meder from Australia. This award round was very competitive , which is very good news for our scientific community. This year, the THA has been co-funded by SI-ware and the ICNIRS. The award will be presented during the NIR2023

The 23rd edition of the course entitled “Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS): Applications in Quality Control and Traceability of Agri-Food Products and Processes”, was held at the University of Cordoba (Spain), February 13th-16th, 2023. The course was designed for pre and post graduate students, scientists, and professionals with different backgrounds (analytical chemistry, soils science, animal nutrition,

The ICNIRS is now inviting nominations for the 2023 Karl Norris Award (KNA). The KNA honours the unique contribution of Karl Norris as the internationally recognised founder of modern near-infrared spectroscopy. The award is made in recognition of a major contribution to the science of near infrared spectroscopy, including research and development of new technology.

The Council may provide a maximum of two Emeritus Grants, to assist eligible senior scientists, who have retired from full-time paid employment, to attend the NIR-2023 Conference and act as mentors to young scientists, providing research advice in a designated and closed conference session. Applications must be sent by e-mail to Treasure, Dr. Peter Tillman

The ICNIRS offers travel awards for student delegates to participate in the council’s international conference in 2023. Funding for the NIR-2023 conference in Austria is possible because of the donation of profits from the organizers of the NIR-2019 conference in Australia and the NIR-2021 conference in China. The ICNIRS will look most favorably on student