American Chemical Society

Younger Chemists Committee

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ACS ChemLuminary Awards

Every year, ACS hosts a gala event at the Fall National Meeting to present the ChemLuminary Awards. These awards honor members’ volunteer activities and accomplishments and encourage innovative programming, social activities, and leadership opportunities. The YCC has the honor of conferring three awards, given in recognition of Local YCC Sections and Divisions who have achieved excellence in their promotion of younger chemists or in related programming.

Outstanding Local Section Younger Chemists Committee

This award recognizes Local Section YCCs that demonstrate organizational stability, solid membership and participation, involvement with their ACS local section, and an overall balance of activities (career development, social, public outreach, etc.)

Outstanding New Local Section Younger Chemists Committee

This award is presented to new Local Section YCCs that demonstrate an outstanding potential for organization and growth

Eligibility: Newly established LSYCC in the past 2 years or a revived LSYCC that had been dormant for the previous 3 years

Outstanding or Creative Local Section Younger Chemists Committee Event

This award recognizes Local Section YCCs or divisional events that had a great impact on younger chemists (career development, public outreach, membership recruitment/retention, social event, etc.)

Application Deadline

Submission via a local section or division

Nomination Process/Materials

Local Section Nomination

Local Sections wishing to be recognized for their younger chemist activities may self-nominate themselves by including the LSYCC Event Report Form with their LSYCC Annual Report

The deadline for submitting Local Section Annual Reports is February 15

Division Nomination

Divisions wishing to be recognized for their younger chemist activities may self-nominate themselves by including the LSYCC Event Report Form with their Division Annual Report

The deadline for submitting Division Annual Reports is February 15

Download Event Report Form

This section needs to be self-contained because only this section will be sent to the ChemLuminary awards committee. Please do not reference your final report as the judging committee relies only on the specific entry for the younger chemist ChemLuminary nominations. Things to consider in the report may include but are not required are:

  • Number of LSYCC members
  • Number of event participants (LSYCC and non-LSYCC attendees)
  • Description of event(s) (new and/or reoccurring or series)
  • Growth in LSYCC membership and/or events
  • Organizational structure (committee, single person, etc)
  • Advertising/publicity
  • Funding for event
  • Co-sponsored events
  • Participant feedback (quotes, survey, etc)