「The Tanabe Prize for Acid Base Catalysis」への推薦の募集
触媒学会会員各位
第６回酸塩基触媒国際シンポジウム(ABC 6)が2009/5/10-14
イタリア ジェノバで開催されます(htttp://www.catalisidichep.unige.it/ABC-6.htm
)。このシンポジウムに合わせて、
下記の案内にありますように「The Tanabe Prize for Acid Base
Catalysis」と銘打った賞への推薦を募集しています。要点は、（１）評価対象；過去５年の業績、（２）年齢制限；2009/5/10で55才以下、（３）締切；2008/6/1
です。是非とも多数の方の推薦をお願い申し上げます。
ABCグループ会長 J. C. Vedrine (代 服部 英)
Nominations
for The Tanabe Prize for Acid Base Catalysis
The
Tanabe Prize for Acid Base Catalysis is sponsored by The International Acid-Base
Catalysis (ABC) Group. It is
administrated by The ABC Group and will be awarded at ABC-6 and at all
subsequent ABC conferences. Each
awardee will be asked to give a plenary lecture.
The award consists of a plaque and a prize of $ 2000.
Up to an additional $ 1000 will be made available for otherwise
non-reimbursed travel expenses.
The
award is given in recognition of substantial contributions to the field of acid
and/or base catalysis. It may be
given either to a young person who has demonstrated real promise in the early
part of his/her career, or to an individual at any stage of his/her career
(subject to the age requirement below), who has made significant contributions
to the area within the six years preceding the award.
Selection
of the awardee will be made by a committee appointed by a vote of the board
members of The ABC Group.
The nominees should not have passed their 56th birthday on 10
May 2009 on which date the award will be presented at the ABC-6 conference.
Nomination packages should indicate the nominee’s qualifications,
accomplishments, nominating letter, one optional seconding letter and a
biography of the nominee. A
critical evaluation of the significance of the candidate’s qualifications
should be made as well as a statement of the particular contribution(s) on which
the nomination is based. Nomination
packages for the Award must be received by 1 June 2008.
All nomination packages (one electronic copy) should be sent to Jacques Vedrine, President, The ABC Group; at vedrine@ccr.jussieu.fr. An email receipt message will be sent to each nominator.