Awards


 

 

 

To raise the profile of sustainable chemistry and be a spur to innovation and competitiveness,  EuCheMS has launched The European Sustainable Chemistry Award. With the encouragement of the European Environment Agency (EEA), the support of SusChem (European Platform for Sustainable Chemistry) and CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Association) and under the patronage of Nobel Laureates Gerhard Ertl and Jean-Marie Lehn,  the first European Sustainable Chemistry Award, a prize of €10,000, will be presented during the 3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress. For more information see http://www.euchems.org/ESCA/index.asp
 

On behalf of the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences, we are pleased to invite you to participate (or encourage your young collaborators to participate) to the first competition for the European Young Chemist Award 2010 (third edition). The award is intended to showcase and recognise the excellent research being carried out by young scientists working in the chemical sciences and will be presented at the 3rd European Chemistry Congress in Nurnberg (Germany) from 29/08 - 02/09/2010.Applicants must be less then 35 years old by 29 August 2010 and co-authors of an abstract submitted to the 3rd European Chemistry Congress.The complete application must be sent to euchem-award@scigiovani.it by 05 May 2010, i.e. the deadline for the Abstracts submission to the 3rd European Chemistry Congress. The application includes the abstract, a curriculum vitae, copy of a personal document, a supporting letter from an expert and a brief description of the research featured in the abstract. A panel of finalists will be selected on the basis of the evaluation of the Symposia Chairs. Finalists will compete talking about their  research at a special session of the 3rd European Chemistry Congress. Finally, one Gold and two Silver Medals will be presented at a special Award Ceremony during the 3rd  European Chemistry Congress. In addition the winners will receive a remuneration. The medals and remunerations are kindly sponsored by the Italian Chemical Society. Please find all the information about the award on the web site http://www.scigiovani.it/modules.php?name=EuYoungChemAward2010

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, in the promotion of analytical science, has, since 1988, donated the Heinrich Emanuel Merck-Award for Analytical Science , worth Euro 15,000. The 10th Heinrich EmanuelMerck-Award Ceremony will be held during the 3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress. The call for applications is open; for further informations please visit http://www.merck.de/en/company/innovation/HEM_Award.html
  The Reaxys PhD Prize will be awarded for original and innovative research in organic, organometallic and inorganic chemistry, which demonstrates excellence in methodology and approach by a candidate currently studying for a PhD or having completed a PhD within the last 12 months. Three prize winners will each receive a check for $ 2000 and be invited to present their research at the Winners’ Symposium to be held at the 3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress 2010 meeting in Nuremburg. The closing date for submissions will be February 28, 2010. For more informations please see http://prize.reaxys.com/