Organometallic Award

  • The award shall be known as the Organometallic Chemistry Award and shall be an award of the RACI to be administered by the Board.

  • The value of the award shall be set at 50% of the interest on the funds accrued in the previous year, less the cost of the medallion, or variation of this such that the accumulated reserves keep pace with inflation.

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

  • The award shall be awarded to the applicant who has been a financial member of the RACI for at least five years and has less than 12 years of professional experience since completing their most recent relevant qualification of BSc, BSc (Hons), MS or PhD or equivalent and who, in the opinion of Board, has contributed most to the development of organometallic chemistry.
  • The contribution will be judged by research work published, or accepted for publication, and other evidence submitted to the adjudicating panel including patents and industrial reports.
  • The work shall cover the period of ten years immediately preceding the award, with the major proportion of the work done in Australia while a financial member of the RACI.
  • The award is not Division based and is open to any area of organometallic chemistry encompassing synthesis, structure, catalysis, environmental, industrial, materials, main group, transition metal, and f-block chemistry; organometallic chemistry is defined as dealing with compounds (or intermediates) where there is a bonding interaction (ionic or covalent, localised or delocalised) between one or more carbon atoms of an organic group or molecules and a main group, transition, lanthanide, metalloid, or actinide metal atom (or atoms).
  • Candidates must be financial members of the RACI.
  • If, in the opinion of the Board, there is no candidate amongst those nominated who sufficiently meets the selection criteria, the Board may refrain from making an award.

Nomination

  • A nomination may be made by financial individuals, by two financial members of the RACI, by Branches, or by Divisions, with the closing date for applications being 30 April.

Visits

  • The successful recipient may be invited to lecture at Branches and Divisional Conferences.

Nominations must be forwarded to The RACI National Office, 1/21 Vale Street, North Melbourne, Vic, 3051 by the closing date of 30 April. It is recommended that nominations are submitted by email (awards@raci.org.au). Receipt by National Office of each nomination will be acknowledged.