ACS Fellows Program

ACS Fellows Nominations

The nomination window for 2013 Fellows closed on April 22. Thank you to all who participated in the nomination process this year. The list of selected Fellows is schedule to be published in late July.

Nominations for the next class of Fellows will open in the first quarter of 2014.

ACS Fellows Eligibility

Please refer to the ACS Fellows Program Guidelines 2013 for full eligibility criteria.

Nominators
Nominators must be current members in good standing with the American Chemical Society. Current members of the Fellows Selection Committee, Fellows Oversight Committee, ACS Board of Directors, and ACS staff are not eligible to be nominators.

Nominees
Nominees for ACS Fellow must be current members in good standing with the American Chemical Society. Former members or deceased members will not be considered as nominees for ACS Fellows. However, if a member dies after his/her nomination is submitted and that candidate is selected, he/she will be granted the Fellows designation posthumously. Current members of the Fellows Selection Committee, Fellows Oversight Committee, ACS Board of Directors, and ACS staff are not eligible to be nominees.

The selection of ACS Fellows is based on documented excellence and leadership in BOTH of two areas: (1) science, the profession, education, and/or management, AND (2) volunteer service in the ACS community. Nomination documents must document evidence of exceptional accomplishments, professional attainment, and impact in both of the two areas:

1. Excellence and leadership that have a lasting beneficial impact in science, the profession, education, and/or management. Appropriate activities might include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Outstanding and creative contributions to scientific research
• Superior achievements in the teaching and learning of chemistry
• Strong, effective leadership or managerial excellence in an organization within the chemical enterprise

2. Volunteer service in the ACS Community resulting in significant enhancements to ACS programs, products, or services. Appropriate activities might include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Outstanding leadership, documented through specific results achieved, of a Technical Division, Local Section, regional meeting, national meeting and/or international conference
• Exceptional assistance, as an unpaid volunteer, in the publication of scientific information (not including routine authorship or reviewing publications associated with one's own research)
• Organization of especially significant symposia, major presentations, or other programming at national/international meetings
• Leadership or other outstanding contributions to public outreach activities, such as National Chemistry Week and Chemists Celebrate Earth Day
• Effective communication to the public of the value of the chemical sciences or chemical professionals through the press, radio, TV, or other electronic media

ACS Fellows Selection

Fellows are selected by a broadly representative Selection Committee appointed by the ACS Board Committee on Grants & Awards, which has governance oversight for the program.

A member who is nominated and not selected may be re-nominated in subsequent years by the same or different nominators. Nominations are not carried over from year to year.

Members retain the designation as an ACS Fellow, ACSF, for life.

ACS Fellows Recognition

The names of the ACS Fellows selected each year are published in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN).

C&EN Articles: 2012 │ 2011 │ 2010 │ 2009 │ Program Announcement

ACS Fellows are recognized and honored at the Fall ACS National Meeting. Each Fellow receives a lapel pin and a certificate.

ACS Fellows Lists

• 2012 Class of ACS Fellows
• 2011 Class of ACS Fellows
• 2010 Class of ACS Fellows
• 2009 Class of ACS Fellows
• All ACS Fellows

ACS Fellows Program Contact

Email: fellows@acs.org

Phone: 202-872-4431