Young Investigator Symposium
The ACS DIC solicits nominations for the Young Investigator Symposium to be held on Sunday afternoon of the Fall ACS meeting. The deadline for nomination is February 1, annually.
This DIC symposium honors talented young inorganic chemists and provides a high-profile forum for them to present their research results. There will be a total of 8 speakers, and each will give a 30-minute presentation. The DIC will provide a $1000 honorarium for each speaker (which can be used to defray travel costs), and a plaque to commemorate their participation in the event
Only DIC members are eligible. Candidates must be enrolled as graduate students or hold positions as postdoctoral fellows (academia, industry or government lab), and be no more than one year beyond completion of the Ph.D. at the time of the nomination. Visiting scholars and similar titles are not eligible. The speakers will be selected from nominations submitted by February 1st of the award year and the awards will be announced on, or about, March 1st of the award year.
Awardees must not have accepted a permanent, independent position at the time of selection. Candidates will be asked to verify that they have not accepted a permanent position before being named as awardees.
Nominations may be submitted by a research advisor of the candidate. Self-nominations are not allowed. Nominations should include:
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A cover page containing on separate lines: a) the candidate's first and last name, b) the candidate's physical and email addresses valid until August of the award year, c) the ACS membership number, d) the DIC membership status, e) the affiliation, f) the name of the advisor, g) the number of publications, h) the number of publications on which the candidate is the first author, i) list of any special teaching, leadership, and/or volunteer efforts, especially with respect towards broadening diversity, equity, inclusion, & respect.
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A nomination letter limited to two pages (single-spaced, 12-pt Times or 11-pt Arial font). This letter should contain i) a description of the research accomplishments of the nominee; ii) a description of the research topic to be presented at the symposium and why this would be of broad interest; ; iii) a list of the DIC subdivisions (in rank order if more than one) that best represents area of proposed talk; iv) description of any special teaching, leadership, and/or volunteer efforts, especially with respect towards broadening diversity, equity, inclusion, & respect.
- A candidate's resume (3 page maximum) including a list of publications and presentations.
Additional communications with the selection committee are strongly discouraged, and may result in disqualification of the candidate. The selection process involves review by the current DIC Subdivision Chairs, Awards co-Chairs, and the Chair. The DIC embraces the National ACS Statement on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Respect, and investigators from diverse backgrounds are particularly encouraged to submit nominations. As part of this commitment the committee will look to diversify winners of this award by considering, but not limited to, the following areas: research areas within inorganic chemistry, past awards from research groups or institutions, and geographical location.
Applications are to be submitted by completing the survey found at the following survey link.