Candidates for the 2022 American Chemical Society Midwest Award are sought. The Award, funded by the St. Louis Section of the ACS, is conferred annually on a scientist who has made meritorious contributions to the advancement of pure or applied chemistry, chemical education, and the profession of chemistry.
Eligibility
The qualifying contributions must have been made during a period of residence in the Midwest Region. Nominees can work in industry, academia, government, or in private practice and need not be members of the ACS. However, prior recipients of the Midwest Award or any national award administered by the ACS, members of the Midwest Award Jury, and for the St. Louis Section, the Past Chair, the current Chair, the Chair-Elect, the Secretary and members of the Awards Committee are all ineligible.
About the award
The ACS St. Louis Section’s Bylaws provide the Award’s main features. The 2022 ACS Midwest Award will be presented at the 57th Midwest Regional Meeting of the ACS to be held in Iowa City, IA over the period October 19-22, 2022. Ceremonies associated with the Award include a Midwest Award Symposium, a Midwest Award Lecture and the Midwest Awards Banquet. The Award consists of a medallion and a cash honorarium. A condition of acceptance of the Award is that the recipient gives the Midwest Award Lecture at the time of presentation of the Award.
Nominations
Nominations should consist of the following for the nominee: a nominating letter and two or more seconding letters, a CV, a brief biography, and documented and objective information regarding the nominee’s outstanding achievements. Other recent practices include listing people who received advanced degrees under the nominee’s direction if he or she is an academic. Activities by the nominee that support the ACS in the Midwest Region also are criteria of merit. Please submit nominations
electronically via a single pdf file to the e-mail address given below on or before the deadline of Thursday March 31, 2022. Unsuccessful nominations are retained and reconsidered over a period of 3 consecutive years. Please email Jim O’Brien or call (314) 757-5717 if you have questions.
Nominations should be directed to:
Dr. Jim O’Brien (obrienjja@umsl.edu)
2022 ACS Midwest Award Coordinator
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Missouri-St. Louis
One University Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63121
“Computers and the physics of complex biological systems”
