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ACS National Awards Program

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ACS National Awards Program

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  1. 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

  2. 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. American Chemical Society

  3. National Awards Program • 64 National Awards • 53 given annually • 10 given bi-annually • 1 given tri-annually • More than 800 nominations received each year. American Chemical Society

  4. 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 American Chemical Society

  5. National Awards Program • Physical Chemistry • Interdisciplinary Science • Leadership & Service • Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Science • Organic Chemistry • Polymer & Material Science American Chemical Society

  6. 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 American Chemical Society

  7. Opportunities for Divisions • Recommend technical experts for Canvassing & Selection Committees, especially women and underrepresented minorities • Organize awards address/symposium • Identify sponsors for unsupported awards American Chemical Society

  8. 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) American Chemical Society

  9. 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 American Chemical Society

  10. 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 American Chemical Society

  11. 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) American Chemical Society

  12. 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 American Chemical Society

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