Awards

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The deadline to submit your application for the Student Travel Award to attend the ACS Fall Meeting is June 1st

The Chemical Society of Washington offers a travel award to defray travel and/or registration costs to National ACS meetings. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, things are subject to change. We will keep people updated on the status of the Awards and the ACS Meeting as things evolve. This award is open […]

CSW presents the annual College Achievement Awards at the February 13th dinner meeting

Congratulations to the ten students who received the College Achievement Awards for this year: Ivy Antunes ( St. Mary’s College of Maryland), Helen Havens Clark (Georgetown University), Deanna Greco (The Catholic University of America), Janelle Junior (The University of the District of Columbia), Favian Liu (American University), Arianna Lopez (American […]

*The deadline to submit your application for the Student Travel Award to attend the ACS Spring Meeting has been extended to February 3rd*

The Chemical Society of Washington offers a travel award to defray travel and/or registration costs to National ACS meetings. This award is open to current graduate and undergraduate students in the jurisdiction of the Chemical Society of Washington. The award is not intended for post‐doctoral fellows. A total of three […]

CSW Dinner Meeting on February 13th: featuring a presentation by Dr. Willie Vann on Capsular Polysaccharide Syntheses, as well as the presentation of College Achievement Awards

Willie F. Vann, Ph.D.Chief, Laboratory of Bacterial PolysaccharidesU.S. Food & Drug Administration will present “Capsular Polysaccharide Synthesis in Bacterial Pathogens – A tool box for vaccine development” BiographyChief of Laboratory of Bacterial Polysaccharides – Division of Bacterial, Parasitic, and Allergenic Products, Office of Vaccine Research and Review, Center for Biologics […]

Call for Applications: 2020 Presidential Environmental Youth Award & Presidential Innovation Award

 EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler Calls for Nominations for the 2020 Presidential Environmental Youth Awards and Presidential Innovation Awards for Environmental Educators Applications due by January 15, 2020 WASHINGTON (Nov. 7, 2019) — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced that EPA’s Office of Environmental Education is now accepting applications […]

*Deadline Extended Until November 30th*: Call for Nominations for the Hillebrand and Schubert Awards

The nomination deadline for the Hillebrand Award and Schubert Award has been extended to November 30, 2019.  Nomination applications will be accepted during the entire month of November. Call for Nominations: William F. Hillebrand Prize Nominations are invited for the 2019 Hillebrand Prize, awarded annually for original contributions to the […]

Call for Nominations: Hillebrand, Gordon, & Schubert Awards

Call for Nominations: William F. Hillebrand Prize Nominations are invited for the 2019 Hillebrand Prize, awarded annually for original contributions to the science of chemistry by a member or members of the Chemical Society of Washington (CSW), the local section of the American Chemical Society. The Hillebrand Prize is the […]

CSW Members Honored at March Dinner Meeting

Dr. Lyle Isaacs was presented with the 2018 Hillebrand Prize for his elucidation of the remarkable molecular recognition properties of cucurbit[n]uril-type molecular containers and demonstration of their biomedical application as solubilizing excipients and reversal agents. Following the dinner, Dr. Isaacs presented his talk “Cucurbit[n]uril Molecular Containers: From Basic Science to […]