International EPR (ESR) Society

Nominations are invited for: Gold Medal, Silver Medal (Instrumentation) and Fellow of the Society (see extract from by-laws below or view the full constitution and by-laws).

All nominations must be accompanied by a 100-150 word citation in support of the nomination and, in the case of the Young Investigator Award, nominees will be asked to provide copies of two recent published papers which in their judgement represents their best work. No nomination can be considered without a citation. Additional supporting material may be included.

Nominations are to be sent to the President:

By email to: in word or pdf format (preferred method).

Or

By mail to: Prof. Wolfgang Lubitz
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Bioanorganische Chemie
Stiftstr. 34-36
D-45470 Muelheim an der Ruhr
Germany

Closing date for nominations for Awards in 2008 is 15th November 2007.

By-laws

1. A Gold Medal shall be awarded, normally tri-annually, for distinguished contributions to EPR (ESR) Spectroscopy. 2. Four Silver Medals shall awarded, normally tri-annually, for significant contributions to EPR (ESR) Spectroscopy in the areas of Biology/Biomedicine, Chemistry, Physics/Materials Science and Instrumentation.
3. A Young Investigator Award shall be made, normally bi-annually, for outstanding contributions to EPR (ESR) Spectroscopy by a young scientist in any of the categories listed in clause 2. Nominees should be under the age of 35 years on the 1st July of the year of the award. The date of birth of the nominee must be included in the nomination. The nominee will ordinarily be at the post-doctoral level. Only in exceptional circumstances will either doctoral candidates or junior faculty members be considered for this Award.
4. Fellowship of the Society may be conferred on individuals who have made influential and distinguised contributions to the practice of EPR (ESR) Spectroscopy and its welfare over a long period.
5. All nominations are to be sent to the President.
6. The President, the Vice-Presidents and the Immediate Past President shall together be responsible for preliminary vetting of nominations, to ensure that inappropriate nominations are not pursued and that overlap between medal categories is dealt with before forwarding nominations to the separate Awards Committees.
7. Nominations shall be be invited from all IES Members via the official Bulletin or Newsletter of the SOCIETY.
8. Nominations may also be sought by the Executive from one or more kindred Societies as determined from time to time.
9. All nominations must be accompanied by a 100-150 word citation in support of the nomination and, in the case of the Young Investigator Award, nominees will be asked to provided copies of two recent published papers which in their judgement represents their best work. No nomination can be considered without the citation.
10. No Award Committee Member may vote on the nomination of a collaborator or member of their own research team. Appointment to Awards Committees is governed by Article VII, Sec. 4.
11. The Executive may, at its discretion, liaise with other Award Committees and communicate, in confidence, names of those under consideration for the IES Gold Medal award in any year.
It is noted that these By-Laws are subject to Article VI Sec. 2 which states “The President shall have the power of veto over any Award”.

Awards Committees

1. Committees for Silver Medal Awards, each consisting of a Chairperson, and three other members, shall be appointed by the Executive.
2. The Gold Medal Award Committee shall consist of a Chairperson, to be appointed by the Executive, and the Chairpersons of the Silver Medal Award Committees as ordinary members.
3. Membership of all Awards Committees shall be for a period of four years. It shall be the responsibility of the Secretary to advise members of Awards Committees as to their terms of office.
4. Members of all the above Awards Committees may be re-appointed for only one additional four-year term.
5. The Committee responsible for the Young Investigator Award and the appointment of Fellows of the Society shall consist of The President, the Vice-Presidents and the Immediate Past President.

See IES Constitution Pages for Awards Criteria and By-Laws.

IES Awardees and Nomination Information

Gold Medal

Silver Medal - Biology/Medicine

Silver Medal - Chemistry

Silver Medal - Instrumentation

Silver Medal - Physics / Instrumentation

Silver Medal - Physics / Materials Science

Young Investigator Awards

IES Fellows of the Society

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1999

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2002

2003

2005

2006

2007

Call for Nominations - 2008