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American Chemical Society (ACS) - Cengage Learning and ACS Division of Chemical Education

11/01/17

Award of $5,000 to a USA, Canada, or International individual to recognize significant contributions to chemistry education. A nominee’s contributions may include the effective integration of chemistry into the educational system; the dissemination of quality chemistry information to members of the profession, students, the general public, and prospective chemists; and the training of professional chemists.

The activities recognized by the award may be in the fields of teaching (at any level), organization and administration, influential writing, educational research, the methodology of instruction, the establishment of standards of instruction, and public enlightenment.

GrantWatch ID#: 155136

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The award consists of $5,000 and a certificate. Up to $2,500 for travel expenses to the meeting at which the award will be presented will be reimbursed.

• See RFP and/or Grant Guidelines for full eligibility

ACS Eligibility:

Nominators:
-Nominators are not required to be members of the Society.
-A nomination can only have one nominator and the recommendation letter is written by this person.
-Any individual, except a member of the award selection committee or an ACS Board member during their terms of service on the Board, may submit either one nomination or one support letter for each award. However, selection committee members may submit other nominations or support letters for awards in which they are not serving as a judge.

Nominees:
-Nominees are not required to be members of the Society. Unless the submission is for the Charles Lathrop Parsons Award or the Award for Volunteer Service to the ACS.
-The nominee’s accomplishments should be specific to the purpose of the award.
-In general, a recipient of a widely recognized scientific award is not eligible for an ACS national award unless the accomplishment cited as the basis for the nomination represents new or different work.
-An individual who has received an ACS National Award may be nominated for a different ACS award if (1) the nomination is for clearly different work from the previous award (the letter of recommendation for the award must address the differences between the work performed for the previous ACS award and that which is addressed in the current nomination) or (2) at least five years has elapsed since the previous ACS award was received. The “five-year” rule is waived for the preceptor(s) of the students who are eligible to receive the Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry.

The award will be granted regardless of race, gender, age, religion, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, presence of disabilities, and educational background.

Nominations remain in the database for three award cycles. If the nominee is not named the recipient, the nominations will automatically rollover to the next award cycle. ACS does encourage nominators to access the nomination during the award cycle nomination open period July 1-November 1 of each year to update the nomination.

After the third award cycle, the nomination will expire.The year the award will be presented to the nominee is the award cycle year. For example, ACS will begin accepting nominations for the 2019 award cycle in July and the nomination deadline is November 1, 2017. The recipients of these awards will be presented the award in 2019.

Awards Timeline:
-July 1, 2017: 2019 Nomination Open Period
-August 2017: 2018 Winners Announced
-October 2017 - April 2018: 2019 Selection Committee Appointment Process
-November 1, 2017 : 2019 Nomination Period Closes
-January - June 2018: 2019 Selection Committee: Review Process
-March 2018: National Awards Ceremony

Nomination Procedures:
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/awards/national/nominations.html

Nomination Guidelines:
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/awards/national/nominations/acs-national-awards-nominations-guidelines.html

Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.

Submit a Nomination:
http://www.nominate.acs.org/

Awards Office
American Chemical Society
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Washington, D.C. 20036-4800

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