Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis
Deadline for nominations is 23-September-2024
The Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis is sponsored by W.R. Grace & Co. It is administered by The North American Catalysis Society and is presented in odd numbered years, generally at the meeting of the Society, where the awardee(s) will be asked to give a plenary lecture. The award consists of a plaque and a prize of $5,000. An additional $500 is available for otherwise unreimbursed travel expenses.
The purpose of the Award is to recognize and encourage individual contributions in the field of catalysis with emphasis on discovery and understanding of catalytic phenomena, proposal of catalytic reaction mechanisms and identification and description of catalytic sites and species.
Selection of the Award winner(s) will be made by a committee of renowned scientists and technologists appointed by the President of the North American Catalysis Society. Selection shall be made without regard for sex, nationality or affiliation. The award winner(s) must not have turned 46 years of age on April 1st of the year of the North American Catalysis Society meeting; thus nomination documents should indicate the age and birth date of the nominee. The next award is for the 2024 Award year. Thus, nominees should not yet be 46 years of age on 1 April 2024 for this cycle. Posthumous awards will be made only when knowledge of the awardee’s death is received after announcement of the Award Committee’s decision.
The nomination materials should describe clearly, specifically, and concisely the nominee’s qualifications and accomplishments in the context of the specific award. The jury will place its greatest emphasis on the 5 key contributions of the nominee, for example in the form of five publications. Therefore, the nomination and supporting letters should focus on these five key contributions of the nominee, specifying in ≤1000 words the significance, originality, and impact of these key contributions. The aggregate total of publications, patents, citations, etc. will be considered by the jury to be of secondary importance. Based on critical evaluations of the jury, either one or two awardee(s) will be selected.
The nomination materials should include the following documents (submitted as a single PDF file and not exceeding the indicated length): (i) a nomination letter (1000 words); (ii) two supporting letters (800 words each); (iii) a narrative biographical note (500 words); (iv) a list and critical assessment of up to five key contributions to catalysis (1000 words or less); and (v) a curriculum vitae, including relevant positions and recognitions and a list of publications and patents.
The nomination and supporting letters should be specific to the year and to the name of the award.
Nomination packages for the Award must be received by 23-September-2024.
All nomination packages (one ELECTRONIC COPY) for the Emmett Award should be sent to Jingguang Chen, President, North American Catalysis Society, at jgchen@columbia.edu. Receipt of any nomination, will be confirmed by an email message sent to any nominator.
Previous Award Winners
- 1971 Richard J. Kokes
- 1973 John H. Sinfelt
- 1975 Jack H. Lunsford
- 1977 Gabor A. Somorjai
- 1979 Gerhard Ertl
- 1981 Peter A. Jacobs
- 1983 Robert J. Madix
- 1985 Alexis T. Bell
- 1987 M. Albert Vannice
- 1989 James A. Dumesic
- 1991 Harold Kung
- 1993 Mark Barteau
- 1995 Mark Davis
- 1997 Enrique Iglesia
- 1999 Raymond Gorte
- 2001 Donna Blackmond
- 2003 Francisco Zaera
- 2005 Matthew Neurock
- 2007 Robert J. Davis
- 2009 Manos Mavrikakis
- 2011 Bert Weckhuysen
- 2013 Christopher W. Jones
- 2015 Christophe COPÉRET
- 2017 Suljo Linic
- 2019 Javier Pérez-Ramírez
- 2021 Thomas Jaramillo
- 2022 Beatriz Roldan Cuenya
- 2023–2024 Aditya Bhan
- 2023–2024 Yuriy Román-Leshkov