WCC Lectureship Award

Let the ACS Women Chemists Committee help you enhance your seminar program!

ACS is pleased to offer the Women Chemists Committee (WCC) Lectureship Award. This program is designed to offer financial support for women colloquium speakers to present their scientific work. The WCC Lectureship Award seeks to enhance the reputation of early and mid-career women chemists and chemical engineers in academe, industry and government by supporting their presentation of invited technical talks at doctoral degree-granting institutions.

How can you take advantage of this opportunity?

• Complete an application form.
• The application form requires an estimate of travel costs. Transportation (air, rail, bus, personal auto, rental car, and taxis); lodging; and, childcare expenses are eligible for reimbursement, but this program does not cover honoraria, refreshments, or meals.
• The proposed seminar date must be prior to December 2, 2009.
• The maximum amount available for reimbursement is $1,000. Funding for more than one speaker may be requested as long as the total amount does not exceed the stated maximum, but only one application per department will be honored.

What speakers qualify for funding under this program?

To qualify for funding the invited speaker(s) should be ‘rising stars’ in their field and of the quality you normally bring to your seminar series. ‘Rising stars’ would include chemists and chemical engineers from academe, industry, or government with a record of accomplishment in research, and who are within ten-years of employment after a graduate or postdoctoral experience. Women speakers from academe should be tenure-track assistant or associate professors. Women who are already widely acknowledged and recognized in their area of chemistry or chemical engineering and are at the pinnacle of their careers will not be considered competitive for this program,

Funding is limited –only twelve awards are available so send your application in early. Submission of an application does not guarantee an award. Additionally, if a university invites a speaker who has been selected and approved to speak another institution, the university may be asked to select another speaker. A review committee of academic scientists will review the applications, and departments will be notified of approval or rejection within four weeks of receipt.

For more information, please contact ACS Diversity Programs.