Biomolecular Chemistry Division Awards

The Adrien Albert Award

The Division of Biomolecular Chemistry of The Royal Australian Chemical Institute has an award entitled ‘The Adrian Albert Award’. This is the premier award of the Division and is given for sustained, outstanding research in the field of medicinal or agricultural chemistry, related to biomolecular chemistry.

The research upon which the award is made must be conducted wholly, or largely, within Australia and New Zealand. The award is open to all Corporate Members of the RACI. The recipient of the award will be invited to present a paper at a divisional meeting describing the research upon which the award was granted.

The award is judged by the Committee of the Division who reserves the right to not grant an award if the Committee considers no candidates to be of sufficient standard.

Nominations for the award can be made by any Corporate Member of the RACI, and must include the following information:

• names of candidate and nominator
• curriculum vitae of candidate
• concise statement of the candidate’s contribution to biomolecular research
• list of published research papers, and any other material (e.g. books, reviews, honours) relevant to the nomination
• names of two referees with detailed knowledge of the candidate’s contributions.

Nominations, together with supporting documentation from the candidate, must be forwarded to the Chair of the Division of Biomolecular Chemistry, Dr Renate Griffith, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences/Pharmacology, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, ph. (02) 9385 1912, fax (02) 9385 1059, email r.griffith@unsw.edu.au.

Nominations close on 30 June 2013.

The Bionomics Best Thesis Award

The Bionomics Best Thesis Award is an award for the best PhD thesis submitted in the previous two years in Biomolecular Chemistry. The award is funded by Bionomics Limited and is designed to give recognition of outstanding achievement in medicinal chemistry and to promote chemical communication.

The prize will be a $1000 cash award.

The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Biomolecular Chemistry Division will award one prize annually to the financial RACI member(s) who is/are judged to have completed the most outstanding PhD thesis in medicinal chemistry under the auspices of an Australian University and whose degree has been approved in the previous two years. No candidate may be nominated more than once.

Only one prize will be awarded each year but can be shared if the judges deem two or more members are of equal standard. If the committee considers that none of the theses submitted reach an appropriate standard, no award will be made.

The award is open to anyone working broadly in the design, synthesis, and development of bioactive agents. To be eligible for the award, the candidate must be a financial RACI member and must have had the PhD degree approved by the governing body of an Australian University within the previous two years dating from the close of applications. No candidate may be nominated more than once.

The nomination should include electronic copies of papers published by the candidate, a citation describing the significance of the work, examiners' reports (electronically if available) and a justification of the nomination.

Nominations should be made to Dr Renate Griffith:
Faculty of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences/Pharmacology, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, ph. (02) 9385 1912, fax (02) 9385 1059, email r.griffith@unsw.edu.au.

Nominations close on 30 June 2013.

The Biota Award

The Biota Award for Medicinal Chemistry is awarded annually to a younger chemist with less than 12 years of professional experience, and is given for the best drug design and development publication or patent in the previous calendar year concerning small molecules as potential therapeutic agents. A medal is awarded as well as a prize of $5,000, sponsored by Biota Holdings Ltd.

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