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The IUPAC-SOLVAY International Award for Young Chemists is intended to encourage outstanding young research scientists at the beginning of their careers. The awards are given for the most outstanding Ph.D. theses in the general area of the chemical sciences, as described in a 1000-word essay. The award is generously sponsored by Solvay.
In 2021 IUPAC will award up to five prizes. Each prize will consist of USD 1,000 cash award and up to USD 1,000 towards travel expenses to attend the 2021 IUPAC Congress in Montréal (13-20 Aug 2021; see iupac2021.org). In keeping with IUPAC’s status as a global organization, efforts will be made to ensure fair geographic distribution of prizes.
The awards will be presented at the 2021 IUPAC Congress. Each awardee will be invited to present a poster on his/her research and to participate in a plenary award session, and is expected to submit a review article for publication in Pure and Applied Chemistry.
Procedures for the 2021 Award
- Entrants must have received their Ph.D. (or equivalent) degree, or completed all Ph.D. requirements including successful defense of the doctoral thesis, during calendar 2020 in any of the countries that are members or associate members of IUPAC. Entrants need not be citizens or residents of one of these countries at the time the application is submitted.
- The research described in the entrant’s thesis must be in the field of the chemical sciences, defined as “chemistry and those disciplines and technologies that make significant use of chemistry.”
- The IUPAC-SOLVAY Award recognizes only work that was performed while the entrant was a graduate student.
- Application requires submission of a completed entry form, together with the material listed below.
- An essay must be submitted by the entrant that describes his or her thesis work and places it in perspective relative to current research in the chemical sciences. The essay must be written in English by the entrant and may not exceed 1000 words. [For applications submitted through NAOs, a national language may be permissible, and the NAO will assist in translation to English. The announcement by the appropriate NAO should be consulted.]
- Two supporting letters are required, one from the thesis adviser and/or chair of the thesis committee and one from an additional faculty member who is familiar with the applicants thesis work. These letters should comment on the qualifications and accomplishments of the applicant and the significance of the thesis work.
Complete applications must be received at the IUPAC Secretariat by 15 February 2021.
Accessed the application form HERE
For information, please contact IUPAC by email at <[email protected]>
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(announcement published in Chem Int Oct 2020)
Update 13 May 2021 – Announcement of the 2021 Awardees