Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

The Green Chemistry Challenge Awards are to recognise and promote fundamental and innovative chemical methods that accomplish pollution prevention through source reduction and that have broad applicability in industry, and to recognise contributions to education in Green Chemistry.

The evaluation of the new technology's impact will include considerations of the health and environmental effects throughout the technology's lifecycle with recognition of the necessity for incremental improvements.

Awards may be made in the following:

• Projects from any of the small business sector (T/O < $10M) in any of the scope focus areas.*
• An academic or government institution for a project in any of the scope focus areas.
• Green Chemistry education.

Source of award: The RACI

Recipient requirements

The Green Chemistry Challenge Awards are open to all individuals, groups and organisations, both non-profit and for profit, including academia, government, and industry. The nominated green chemistry technology must have reached a significant milestone within the past 5 years in Australia (e.g. been researched, demonstrated, implemented, applied, patented, etc.).

Application procedure

Applications must be submitted on a typed, single-spaced report that is no longer than eight pages. Submissions longer than eight pages in total will not be accepted.
The report must include the following:

1. A one-page cover sheet with a project title followed by the complete names (with titles), addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers and email addresses of the following individuals or organisations:
   • Prime sponsor (individual or organisation that owns the project or, in the case of academic projects, is the principal investigator)
   • Contact person(s) (individual who is responsible for communications with the awards program sponsors). For academic nominations, the contact will likely be the principal investigator. For government and industrial nominations, the contact will likely be a project manager or other technical representative. Industrial nominations should also include a public relations contact.
   • Contributor(s) (individual or organisation that provided financial or technical support for project development or implementation).
2. The cover sheet should be followed by a page containing the following information:
   • Project title.
   • Statement affirming that the nominated technology has been researched, demonstrated, implemented, and/or applied in Australia within the past 5 years (education award excepted).
   • Statement indicating whether the nominated technology is eligible for either the small business or academic/government award, or education award.
   • Statement indicating within which of the three focus areas the nominated project can be categorised (education award excepted). (If the nominated technology falls within more than one focus area, a primary focus area should be designated).
   • A technical abstract not to exceed 200 words that briefly describes the nominated project.
3. The third page should consist of a one-page executive summary of the nominated project. Please repeat the project title on this page.
4. The remaining five pages can be used to detail how the nominated project meets the selection criteria. Explain the following:
   • How the technology meets the scope and focus area(s) of the Green Chemistry Challenge Awards.
   • All human health and/or environmental benefits of the technology.
   • How the technology is innovative and of scientific merit. (Some criteria might not apply to every nominated project. Such instances should be indicated where appropriate.)
   • In the case of a nomination for an award in the education category, use the five pages to document the achievements in this area.

Closing date: 31st May 2013
Submission: Emailed in a single PDF document to awards@raci.org.au for the attention of Robyn Taylor. Receipt will be acknowledged by return email.

The decision of the judges will be subject to the approval of the RACI Board. RACI awards are judged on a relative to opportunity basis. The Board decision is final and no discussions or correspondence will be entered into.