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I thought that DCHAS-L members might be interested in this letter from ACS Committee on Grants & Awards.
- Ralph
October 10, 2013
Dear Division Officers:
Are you aware that for the ACS national awards presented in 2013 women were only 7% of the nominees for the 45 national awards that are based solely on outstanding technical achievements? This has occurred despite the fact that women have earned more than 25% of Ph.D.?s in chemistry awarded since 1970 and the percentage of female tenured and tenure-track faculty members at the top research institutions currently is approximately 17%. Furthermore, 71% of the ACS national technical awards had only one or no female nominees. Clearly, the under-representation of female nominees is not a result of too few women with the appropriate training or position.
The American Chemical Society needs your assistance in addressing this situation. Through your symposia and workshops you know the individuals who are doing outstanding research. Please make a special effort to identify the women who have made significant technical advances and then nominate them for an ACS award by Friday, November 1 at http://www.nominate.acs.org. To assist you in this effort, we have attached a list of the national awards that are closely tied to the focus of your Division along with other national awards that have too few nominees. Needless to say if you know of other individuals from groups not commonly recognized by the ACS Awards Program, such as minorities, chemists from industry and the national laboratories, please nominate them for an award. Your actions will demonstrate that the Society is committed to the pursuit of excellence in the chemical sciences by recognizing, promoting, and honoring outstanding contributions regardless of the researcher?!
s gender, race, ethnicity or employer.
And last, please let us know if there are other awards that should have been included in the ?Awards Information? list you received or excluded from that list. As well as, are there any suggestions that you have that would improve the ACS national award process?
We sincerely appreciate your assistance and support in assisting G&A in maintaining the high integrity of the national awards. If you have any questions or concerns, I can be reached at vjkuck**At_Symbol_Here**gmail.com or you may contact Ms. Felicia Dixon, Manager, ACS National Awards Office at 202-872-6283 or at f_dixon**At_Symbol_Here**acs.org.
Sincerely,
Valerie J. Kuck
Chair, ACS Board Committee on Grants & Awards
American Chemical Society
1155 Sixteenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036
National Awards Program Valerie J. Kuck Chair, ACS Board Committee on Grants and Awards
T [202] 872-6283
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www.acs.org/awards
AWARD NAME Purpose and Eligibility Level and source of financial support Canvassing Committee for the 2014 Award Nomination Cycle Average Number of Nominees over 5 years (2009-2013) Average Number of New Nominees over 5 Years (2009-2013) Average Number of Women Nominees over 5 Years (2009-2013) Number of Women Awardees over 5 Years (2009-2013)
ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology "Purpose: To encourage creativity in research and technology or methods of analysis to provide a scientific basis for informed environmental control decision-making processes, or to provide practical technologies that will reduce health risk factors.
Eligibility: 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." "The ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry and the ACS Publications journal Environmental Science & Technology assumed sponsorship of the award in 2012. The ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry sponsored the award in 2011. Air Products and Chemical, Inc. established the award in 1978 and sponsored the award until 2010.
Continued sponsorship by the ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry until 2014." No 11 6 1 3
ACS Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences "Purpose: To recognize significant accomplishments by individuals in stimulating students, underrepresented in the profession, to elect careers in the chemical sciences and engineering.
Eligibility: Nominees for the award may come from any professional setting: academia, industry, government, or other independent facility. The award is intended to recognize significant accomplishments in the United States by individuals in stimulating students, especially those currently underrepresented in the profession, to elect careers in the chemical sciences and engineering, and in generating a broader appreciation of chemistry as the central science. 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. " "The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. established the award in 1993.
Continued sponsorship by Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation until 2014." No 13 6 6 1
ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences "Purpose: To recognize significant accomplishments by individuals who have stimulated or fostered the interest of women in chemistry, promoting their professional developments as chemists or chemical engineers.
Eligibility: Nominees for the award may come from any professional setting: academia, industry, government, or other independent facility. The award is intended to recognize significant accomplishments by individuals in stimulating women to elect careers in the chemical sciences and engineering, and in generating a broader appreciation of chemistry as the central science. 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." "The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. established the award in 1993.
Continued sponsorship by Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation until 2014." Yes - The total number of nominations has been below 8 for two consecutive years. 9 4 7 4
ACS Award in Industrial Chemistry "Purpose: To recognize outstanding contributions to chemical research in the industrial context. Significant creative contribution to chemistry in any field of chemical, chemical engineering, pharmaceutical, or biochemical research is appropriate.
Eligibility: Any chemical researcher whose primary employer was industrial when the work was done and who was based in North America is eligible. 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." "The ACS Division of Business Development and Management (BMGT) and the ACS Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (I&EC) will cosponsor the award beginning in 2012. BMGT and the ACS cosponsored the award in 2011. BMGT began sponsoring the award in 2003 and began a partnership with the Society of Chemical Manufactures and Affiliates, Inc. (SOCMA) in 2007 to 2010 to co-sponsor the award. The ACS financed the award in 2001 and 2002. Akzo Chemicals, Inc. established the award in 1989 and sponsored it until 2000.
Continued sponsorship by BMGT until 2015.
Continued sponsorship by I&EC until 2014." Yes - The total number of nominations has been below 8 for two consecutive years. 8 3 1 1
Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry Purpose: To recognize an outstanding graduate student and her or his preceptor(s), in the field of chemistry, as broadly defined.
Eligibility: The graduate student nominee must have completed a Ph.D. dissertation in chemistry within the 12-month period before the deadline for receipt of nominations. The award will recognize only work done while the nominee was a graduate student. 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. "The award was established in 1978 by Avantor Performance Materials (formerly Mallinckrodt Baker Inc.) as the Nobel Laureate Signature Award for a Graduate Student in Chemistry. In 1980 the award was extended to recognize the student's preceptor(s) and its title was changed.
The award is paid directly by Avantor Performance Materials.
" No 13 13 2 1
Note: Numbers equal average per year over 5 year span or years award presented rounded.
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