SECS seeks nominations for the 2027 John R. Monnier Award

The South­east­ern Catal­y­sis Soci­ety seeks nom­i­na­tions for the 2027 John R. Mon­nier Award. The Award will be pre­sent­ed at the Annu­al Sym­po­sium of the South­east­ern Catal­y­sis Soci­ety, to be held March 8–9, 2027, in Colum­bia, SC. The Award win­ner will give a ple­nary lec­ture at the Sym­po­sium. The Award will be giv­en to an indi­vid­ual, prefer­ably from the South­east area, who has made an out­stand­ing con­tri­bu­tion to the advance­ment of catal­y­sis. Such advance­ment can be sci­en­tif­ic, tech­no­log­i­cal, or in orga­ni­za­tion lead­er­ship. The Award will be pre­sent­ed at the annu­al sym­po­sium and con­sists of a plaque and a cash prize. Nom­i­nees must con­firm their in-per­son atten­dance at the annu­al Sym­po­sium and their intent to deliv­er a ple­nary lec­ture if cho­sen to receive the Award.

A full nom­i­na­tion pack­age should include the following:
1. Name, occu­pa­tion­al address, phone, and e‑mail of the nom­i­na­tor, who must be a mem­ber in good stand­ing of the Society
2. Name, occu­pa­tion­al address, phone, and e‑mail of the nominee
3. Nominee’s short-form cur­ricu­lum vitae (3 pages maximum)
4. Nom­i­na­tion state­ment (800 words maximum)
5. Two let­ters of sup­port (each 800 words maximum)
6. An award cita­tion of 100 words that could be used for publicity

The nom­i­na­tion pack­age must be received by Octo­ber 15, 2026, and should be e‑mailed as a sin­gle pdf doc­u­ment to:
Tibor Szilvási
Past Pres­i­dent, SECS
Uni­ver­si­ty of Alabama
tibor.szilvasi@ua.edu

It is the intent of the Soci­ety to noti­fy the Award win­ner by Decem­ber 15, 2026.