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