JSCC Research Encouragement Award 2024
Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry (JSCC) invites candidates for the JSCC Research Encouragement Award in 2024. This award is presented to young researchers (not greater than 38 years old on 1st April, 2024) in JSCC members who are recognized for outstanding research achievements and contributions to the development for coordination chemistry. The implementation and selection of this award will be proceeded based on the Rules and additional rules for JSCC Research Encouragement Award, and the Rules for Election of Review Committee Members of JSCC Awards. The winner will be awarded at the 74th Conference of JSCC (18th – 20th September, 2024, Gifu University and Nagaragawa Convention Center, Gifu, Japan). The rules can be found on the website of JSCC. Application for this award is self-recommended. The application guidelines are as follows. The documents for the application must reach the JSCC office no later than 31st May (Fri.), 2024 (postmark valid). We are looking forward to receiving many applications.
Application guideline for JSCC Research Encouragement Award 2024
1．Qualification requirements
Applicants for this award must have been a member of JSCC for at least one year or more as of 1st April, 2024 and must be no greater than 38 years old; however, if an applicant has had to suspend his or her research activities due to life events or other causes, the application will be considered even if the applicant exceeds the age limit. Application for this award is self-recommended. The applicants cannot apply for this award in combination with JSCC Award or JSCC Award for Creative Research.
2. Documents to be submitted
(1) Statement of achievements (free format; within the 500 word limit; including the statement of why this candidate deserves the award, see the Section 1 of the Rules).
(2) Curriculum Vitae (free format)
(3) List of achievements (free format; Corresponding author(s) should be indicated): a list of main papers, reports, reviews, commentary articles, books, etc.
(4) Copies of up to 5 major papers.
(5) If applicable, an explanation regarding why the applicant suspended his or her research activities (free format): if the applicant has either had to suspend, or incurred a negative impact on, his or her research activities due to life events or other causes, the applicant is asked to outline the reasons for and duration of this suspension or impact.
・Both a single set of the printed documents (1) to (5) and their PDF files saved as a single file in a USB flash drive or a CD-ROM, should be submitted to the JSCC office by the deadline.
3. Notes on preparing documents to be submitted
(1) Please use a word processor as much as possible. If using a word processor, please print about 40 lines and use 10-12 point type.
(2) List of achievements: Describe separately the items (articles, reports, review articles, commentary articles, books, etc.) in the lists. As for peer-reviewed papers, you may list in press papers while not those that have been submitted but not accepted yet.
4. Review period
The review will be conducted from the mid-June to mid-July.
5. Requirements for the awardee
The awardee will be required to submit an abstract for the award lecture that is published in the abstracts of the 74th Conference of JSCC, and to give the award lecture at the conference. In addition, the awardee will be required to contribute an “Award Account” on the awarded research to the Bulletin of the Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry (BJSCC), which is scheduled to be published in 2025.
6. Others
The “Award Account” published in BJSCC will appear on a website of J-Stage.
7. Deadline for submission, sending and contact addresses
Deadline for submission: 31st May (Fri.), 2024 (postmark valid)
Sending and contact addresses: Office of the Japanese Society for Coordination Chemistry, Institute for Molecular Science, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myoidaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
TEL: +81-564-59-5581
E-mail: sakutai(at)ims.ac.jp Please replace (at) to @ for sending an e-mail.
*Please write “Application documents for JSCC Research Encouragement Award” in red on the envelope.
