Clock ticking for nominations for RSC journals’ chemistry lectureships

Nominations for the new Chemical Science lectureship are open only until 1 March and available to independent researchers whose work has appeared in the publication within the last five years.

The winner will be announced in late spring 2025 with a presentation made at the Chemical Science symposium in London on 18-19 November. The winner will also be invited to serve on the title’s advisory board.

Entrants must demonstrate they have made “significant contributions” within either the fields of imaging, biosensing or diagnostics. Self nominations are not permitted

Meanwhile, 16 March is the deadline for Polymer Chemistry’s lectureship, on offer to an early stage career scientist who has made a key impact in the polymer field.

Entrants for the latter award should typically be within 12 years of having attained their doctorate or equivalent. Consideration will be given to variations, such as those who have taken career breaks.

Nominations should be emailed as appropriate to either Chemical Science chemicalscience-rsc@rsc.org or polymers-rsc@rsc.org and should include the following information:

• The name, affiliation and contact details of the nominee, nominator and referee
• An up-to-date CV of the nominee (1 A4 page maximum length)
• A letter of recommendation from the nominator (500 words maximum length). The relationship between nominator and nominee should be stated in the letter
• A supporting letter of recommendation from an independent referee (500 words maximum length). This could be from the nominee’s academic mentor, PhD supervisor or postdoc for instance. The relationship between referee and nominee should be stated in the letter.

Further details are available on the Chemical Science and Polymer Chemistry websites.

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