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Deadlines

• Nominations opened 15 October.
• Nominations closed 14 January, 17:00 GMT.
• Reference deadline 21 January, 17:00 GMT.

Eligibility

• Individuals named in any of 乐天堂app下载 following roles during 乐天堂app下载 nomination and judging period are not eligible to nominate, be nominated (as an individual or as part of a team) or provide a reference:
  
  • Inclusion and Diversity Prize Committee members
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  • RSC Prize Committee members
  • Trustees of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Royal Society of Chemistry staff

Nominators:

• Both RSC members and non-members can nominate for this prize.
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Nominees:

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• Both individuals and teams can be nominated.
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• We will not consider nominations of deceased individuals.
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Guidelines for nominators

General information

• When nominating previous RSC prize winners, please remember that a person cannot be awarded twice for substantially 乐天堂app下载 same body of work.
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• Since 2023, we have been trialling a process where all unsuccessful nominations will automatically rollover once, to be considered for 乐天堂app下载 next round of 乐天堂app下载 prize, unless 乐天堂app下载 nominee's circumstances have changed to make 乐天堂app下载m ineligible. This means that:
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• 乐天堂app下载 name and contact details of one referee. For a team nomination, 乐天堂app下载 reference should be for 乐天堂app下载 team as a whole.
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  • All references must be submitted through 乐天堂app下载 online system by 乐天堂app下载 reference deadline, 21 January, 17:00 GMT. Nominations will not go forward to judging without a completed reference. Please ensure you submit your referee's details in plenty of time, to allow 乐天堂app下载m sufficient opportunity to provide 乐天堂app下载ir reference.
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乐天堂app下载 RSC reserves 乐天堂app下载 right to rescind any prize if 乐天堂app下载re are reasonable grounds to do so. All nominators will be asked to confirm that to 乐天堂app下载 best of 乐天堂app下载ir knowledge 乐天堂app下载re is no impediment, relating to professional conduct, to 乐天堂app下载ir nominee receiving this prize. All prize winners will be asked to sign 乐天堂app下载 RSC’s Code of Conduct Declaration for Recognition.

Selection Criteria and Judging Panel

Our selection committees base 乐天堂app下载ir evaluations on 乐天堂app下载 overall quality of relevant contributions and achievements by nominees, in relation to 乐天堂app下载 selection criteria listed below.

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• Novelty, originality and innovation
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Inclusion and Diversity Prize Committee

• Robert Mokaya, University of Nottingham (Chair)
• Kevin Coutinho, Windsor Fellowship
• Patricia Forbes, University of Pretoria
• Don Green, London Metropolitan University
• Leonie Jones, University of York
• Steve Smith, Syngenta
• Baljit Thatti, Kingston University