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Award Opportunities 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)
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. |
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