CSA Trust 2025 Mike Lynch Award – Call for Nominations
Submission Deadline: September 30, 2024
The CSA Trust is an internationally recognized, registered charity that promotes education, research, and development in fields related to chemical structures and cheminformatics.
The Mike Lynch Award recognizes and encourages outstanding accomplishments in education, research, and development activities that are related to the systems and methods used to store, process, and retrieve information about chemical structures, reactions, and properties. The awardee will receive an honorarium and memento and will be invited to make a presentation at the 13th International Conference on Chemical Structures (ICCS) that is scheduled to take place June 1-5, 2025, in Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands.
To nominate an individual, please submit (a) a summary of the nominee’s accomplishments and the specific relevant work that is to be recognized (maximum one page); (b) a brief biographical sketch, including a statement of academic qualifications and contact information; and (c) at least one seconding letter that supports the nomination and provides additional factual information with regard to the scientific achievements of the nominee. If appropriate, a list of the nominee’s publications and/or patents may also be submitted. The Award will not be given in any year in which the nominees do not meet the award criteria. Work that has not previously been recognized by other awards will usually be given particular consideration.
Please email these documents to the Secretary of the CSA Trust at chescot@aol.com by September 30, 2024.
Nominations will be reviewed by the CSA Trustees, and the awardee will be announced prior to the 13th International Conference on Chemical Structures (ICCS).
About this Award
Mike Lynch was a Professor Emeritus in the Information School of the University of Sheffield, England, and was an acknowledged cheminformatics pioneer. The Mike Lynch Award was instituted in 2002, and the previous winners received their awards and made presentations at the triennial International Conference on Chemical Structures in Noordwijkerhout (ICCS).
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