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American Chemical Society
ACS National Awards Program
ACS Leadership Institute
Friday, January 21, 2011
Ms. Martha K. Lester, Staff Liaison
ACS Board Committee on Grants & Awards
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Mission
To promote and deliver a high-quality recognition program that highlights the contributions of members of the chemistry enterprise by actively engaging chemical practitioners worldwide.
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National Awards Program
• 64 National Awards
– 53 given annually
– 10 given bi-annually
– 1 given tri-annually
• More than 800 nominations received each year.
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National Awards Program• Recognize individual/team accomplishments
in diverse fields of the chemical sciences.– Analytical Chemistry
– Chemical Education
– Diversity & Emerging Chemists
– Environmental Science
– Industrial Chemistry
– Inorganic Chemistry
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National Awards Program– Physical Chemistry
– Interdisciplinary Science
– Leadership & Service
– Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Science
– Organic Chemistry
– Polymer & Material Science
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Timeline: July xx to March xx+2• July 1, 2009: Call for nominations
• Nov. 1, 2009: Nominations close
• Nov. – March 2010: Selection Committees appointed and filled
• March—July 2010 : Selection Committees review nominations, discuss via conference call, send ballot
• Aug. 2010: Winners announced in C&EN and to divisions
• March 2011: Banquet & Award Addresses
• Providing public recognition of the recipients at an annual banquet
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Opportunities for Divisions
• Recommend technical experts for Canvassing & Selection Committees, especially women and underrepresented minorities
• Organize awards address/symposium
• Identify sponsors for unsupported awards
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Division Sponsorship
• Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics co-sponsored by PHYS
• E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy sponsored by PHYS (2012)
• ACS Award in Industrial Chemistry, co-sponsored by BMGT
• Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry sponsored by NUCL
• Arthur W. Adamson Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Surface Chemistry sponsored by COLL (2012)
• ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology sponsored by ENVR (2011 – 2012)
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Benefits of Sponsorship• Highlighted several times in C&EN (July call for nominations,
Aug. list of winners, prelim and final national meeting programs, full-page thank you, recipient(s) vignette)
• Featured on recipients recognition award
• Featured at the annual ACS Awards Banquet
• Recognized on the ACS awards website and in all printed materials about the Awards Program (i.e. Awards program booklet; posters displayed at national meeting hotels and convention center, video presentation at banquet)
• Press releases sent to award recipients’ local publications highlight sponsor
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Cost of Sponsorship
$5,000 Cash Award
$ 500 Certificate
$1,240 Admin fee (non-profit)
Admin fee (corporate): $7,076
Travel (capped at $2500)
$6,740 + travel
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Awards without Sponsors• Arthur W. Adamson Award for Distinguished
Service in the Advancement of Surface Chemistry
• ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology
• E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy
• Claude S. Hudson Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry
• George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education (co-sponsor)
• ACS Award in Industrial Chemistry (co-sponsor)
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ACS Awards Office
1155 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202-872-4408
Fax: 202-776-8008
E-mail: awards@acs.org
www.acs.org/awards