New South Wales

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At RACI, celebrating our members' strides in advancing the chemical enterprise and fostering positive impacts in organisations, communities, and society is among our most crucial and fulfilling roles.

Embracing diversity stands as a fundamental value at RACI.

We actively encourage individuals from traditionally underrepresented and diverse backgrounds to either apply for or be nominated for all RACI awards.

Archibald D Ollé Prize

Archibald Ollé was very active in the chemical and scientific life of NSW in the first 40 years of the twentieth century, and his wife, who outlived him, left a bequest to the RACI NSW Branch to his name with an annual prize. It is awarded to a financial member of the RACI who submits the “best treatise, writing or paper” on any subject relevant to the RACI’s interests.
 
The NSW Branch Committee controls the Prize and has established the following conditions:
 
  1. Nominations are invited from financial candidates themselves or from persons knowing suitable candidates.
  2. Nominees must be financial members of the RACI.
  3. Each nominee shall submit a single scientific work published during the period 1st January until 31st December of the same year.
  4. Nominations must be in writing, setting out the name, address, academic qualifications and present position of the nominee and be signed by the nominee and nominator.
  5. Where the work involves more than one author, the nominator should arrange for all the other authors to send an indication of the contribution of the nominee. Though submission of multi-authored works is not discouraged, authors should be aware that in the past the adjudicators have found it very difficult to establish the relative merits of single and multi-authored works in terms of making an award to an individual.
  6. Nominations should be addressed to: The President, The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Inc., NSW Branch.
  7. In all matters relating to this Prize, the decision of the NSW Branch Committee shall be final, and the Committee may not make an award if, in the opinion of the assessors, the submissions are not of a sufficiently high standard.
The result will be communicated to all entrants and will be published in Chemistry in Australia and must be lodged on or before 3rd July 2024.

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The RACI NSW Branch President's Award

Nominations are invited for NSW Branch President’s Award, an annual prize awarded to a member of RACI who made an outstanding contribution to the development of the Branch and NSW Chemical community in general. The NSW Branch Committee administers the Award and has established the following conditions:
  
  1. Nominations are invited from candidates themselves or from persons knowing suitable candidates
  2. Nominees must be financial members of the RACI and have been for 36 months (3 years) preceding the date of nomination.
  3. The candidate must be currently working in NSW; out-of-state applications will not be considered.
  4. Nominations must be in writing, setting out the name, address, qualifications, and present position of the nominee and be signed by the nominee and nominator. The letter should outline details of how the nominee contributed to the development of the NSW Chemical community and NSW RACI branch.
  5. There is no monetary award for the President's Award.
  6. Nominations should be addressed to:
    The Branch President
    The Royal Australian Chemical Institute, NSW Branch
    School of Chemistry
    UNSW, Sydney, 2052
    Nominations must be received on or before 1 July of each year.

    Applications should be made in a single PDF document via the NSW Branch raci-nswcmt@raci.org.au / RACI NSW c/o School of Chemistry, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052. Receipt will be acknowledged by return email.
  7. In all matters relating to this Prize, the decision of the NSW Branch Committee shall be final, and the Committee may not make an award if, in the opinion of the assessors, the submissions are not of a sufficiently high standard.
  8. The award is normally presented at the Presidents' Dinner. This could be postponed to AGM in exceptional circumstances, according to the timing of decisions and availability of the recipient.
The result will be communicated to all entrants and will be published in Chemistry in Australia and must be lodged on or before the end of March.

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Other Awards

Please contact the NSW Branch at raci-nswcmt@raci.org.au for information regarding all other NSW Branch Awards.

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We encourage you to apply, nominate, and share this information with individuals whom you believe deserve recognition.

Please keep in mind that nominations should align with the principles outlined in the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), and our award adjudicators will assess a diverse array of output measurements.

For awards that establish career timeframes as criteria, we will utilize the ARC’s Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence parameters [ROPE] to evaluate any career interruptions encountered, including those stemming from Covid regulations.

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