Overcoming Challenges Award

Taylor Hood
2011 Recipient

The Women Chemists Committee of the American Chemical Society established this award to recognize a woman undergraduate from a two-year or four-year institution for her efforts in overcoming hardship to achieve success in chemistry.

Award

One award is offered annually. The awardee receives a monetary prize of $250 and up to $1,000 for travel expenses to attend the fall ACS national meeting. The awardee is presented with a plaque and recognized at the WCC Luncheon at the fall meeting.

Eligibility

To be considered a candidate, students must meet the following criteria:

  • Applicant must be a female undergraduate currently enrolled in a two-year chemistry-related program or pursuing a major or minor in a four-year chemistry program at a school that does not grant doctorates in chemistry.
  • Applicant must have completed one semester of college-level chemistry.
  • Applicant must demonstrate that she has overcome hardships (economic, personal, or academic) in pursuit of her education.
  • Applicants are reviewed on: (1) Improvement; (2) Initiative; (3) Successes; and, (4) Grades from the previous two semesters (not cumulative grade point average)

Application Materials

The current application deadline is April 1, 2012. All application materials must be received by this deadline.


Online Application

In the application process, the applicant will be required to provide/upload the following:

  • A description of the hardship(s) that the applicant has overcome and her current successes
  • One letter of recommendation
  • School transcripts

A hard copy application form may also be requested from ACS Diversity Programs:

Diversity@acs.org
Fax: 202-776-8003
American Chemical Society
Department of Diversity Programs
1155 16th St., NW
Washington, DC 20036