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Award Opportunities



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Iota Sigma Pi offers a variety of awards to its members.  For more information and application/nomination instructions for each particular award, please visit the corresponding websites:
Student Awards
Professional Awards


Undergraduate Student Awards

Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Chemistry ($500, annual award)
    The nomination shall be for excellence in chemistry.  The nominee shall be a senior woman chemistry student in an accredited college or university that grants a four year degree.  The nominee may be, but need not be, a member of Iota Sigma Pi.  Only one nomination may be submitted by each institution's department.

Gladys Anderson Emerson Scholarship ($2000, annual award)
    The nomination shall be for excellence in chemistry or biochemistry.  The nominee shall have obtained junior standing in her curriculum at an accredited college or university and must have at least one semester of work to complete as of August 1st following the announcement.  The nominee must be a member of Iota Sigma Pi at the time of her nomination.  Individuals who are not members but who wish to apply for the scholarship may be made members by National Council action.  Only one nomination may be submitted by each instution's department.

Members-at-Large Reentry Award ($1500, annual award)
    This award shall recognize potential excellence in chemistry and related fields achieved by a woman.  At the time of nomination, the candidate must have returned to academic studies after an absence of 3 or more years, be a candidate at any level in chemistry or a related field in an accredited 4-year college or university, have completed at least one academic year of college chemistry upon returning, and exhibit exceptional qualities of interest, excellence, and professional potential in chemistry.  Only one nomination may be submitted by each institution's department.




Anna Louise Hoffman Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Research
($500, annual award)
    At the time of nomination, the candidate must be a full-time (as defined by the nominee's institution) woman graduate student who is a candidate for a graduate degree in an accredited institution.  The research presented by the candidate must be original research which can be described by one of the main chemical divisions (e.g. analytical, biochemical, inorganic, organic, physical, and/or ancillary divisions of chemistry).  The nominee may be, but need not be, a member of Iota Sigma Pi.  Only one nomination may be submitted by each institution's department.

Members-at-Large Reentry Award ($1500, annual award)
    This award shall recognize potential excellence in chemistry and related fields achieved by a woman.  At the time of nomination, the candidate must have returned to academic studies after an absence of 3 or more years, be a candidate at any level in chemistry or a related field in an accredited 4-year college or university, have completed at least one academic year of college chemistry upon returning, and exhibit exceptional qualities of interest, excellence, and professional potential in chemistry.  Only one nomination may be submitted by each institution's department.




National Honorary Member ($1500, lifetime dues waiver, triennial award)
    This is the highest honor that Iota Sigma Pi bestows on outstanding women chemists.  The award is for exceptional and significant achievement in chemistry or an allied field of such nature as to merit international recognition.  The nominee may be, but need not be, a member of Iota Sigma Pi.  Only one nomination may be submitted by each chapter of Iota Sigma Pi.

Violet Diller Professional Excellence Award
($1000, lifetime dues waiver, triennial award)
    The award is for outstanding contribution to chemistry and allied fields by a woman.  Nominees will be judged on the significance of their accomplishments in academic, governmental, or industrial chemistry, in education, in administration, or in a combination of these areas.  Achievements may include innovation design, development, application, or promotion of a principle or practice which has widespread significance to the scientific community or society on a national level.  The nominee may be, but need not be, a member of Iota Sigma Pi.  Only one nomination may be submitted by each chapter of Iota Sigma Pi.

Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award ($500, annual award)
    The nomination shall be for research achievement, and the specific research for which the candidate is named must be designated by the nominators.  The field must be chemistry or biochemistry.  The nominee shall be a woman chemist or biochemist NOT over 40 years of age at the time of her nomination.  The nominee may be, but need not be, a member of Iota Sigma Pi.  Only one nomination may be submitted by each chapter of Iota Sigma Pi.

Centennial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching ($500, annual award)
    This award is given for excellence in teaching chemistry, biochemistry, or a chemistry-related field at an undergraduate institution that does not offer a graduate program in that field.  The nominee shall be a woman chemist or biochemist.  The nominee may be, but need not be, a member of Iota Sigma Pi.  Only one nomination may be submitted by each chapter of Iota Sigma Pi.




Last Updated: November 3, 2009


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