Call for Nominations for the SCS Awards 2018

As one of our four strategic pillars, SCS awards excellence in science and chemistry respectively and is proud of its renowned award program that goes back to the age of 1936 with the ceremony of the first Werner Prizes to Dr. T. Posternak, Genève, and Prof. G. Schwarzenbach, Zürich.

The society hereby calls for nominations for the 2018 SCS Awards. Nominations have to be submitted electronically to . The deadline for all documents to reach the Swiss Chemical Society is September 30, 2017. For specific award information and required documents please visit our website http://scg.ch/awards

Paracelsus Prize

CHF 20’000 and medal in gold
The Paracelsus Prize is awarded to an internationally outstanding scientist for his or her lifetime achievements in chemical research. It is awarded every two years. More information.

Werner Prize

CHF 10’000 and medal in bronze
The Werner Prize is awarded to a promising young Swiss scientist or scientist working in Switzerland for outstanding independent chemical research. At the time of the nomination deadline the candidate ought not to be older than 40 years and may not be a tenured professor or someone holding a managerial position in industry. The prize is awarded annually. More information.

Balmer Prize

CHF 2’000 for individuals and CHF 2’000 for the school’s chemistry department or CHF 3’000 for a group and CHF 1’000 for the school’s chemistry department and medal in bronze.
The Balmer Prize is awarded to a teacher working in Switzerland at high school (gymnasium) level for innovation in chemistry teaching. The innovation must be easily applicable in current teaching and the costs for materials must be modest. The candidate may not make any claim to copyright in the innovation. The prize is awarded annually. More information.

Dr. Max Lüthi Award

CHF 1’000 and medal in bronze
The Dr. Max Lüthi Award is presented for an outstanding diploma thesis in Chemistry conducted at a Swiss University of Applied Sciences. Nominations must be submitted by the head of the Chemistry Department of a Swiss University of Applied Sciences. The prize is awarded annually. More information.

Sandmeyer Award

CHF 10’000 for individuals or CHF 20’000 for groups
The Sandmeyer Prize is awarded to a person – excluding tenured professors – or to a group for outstanding work in industrial or applied chemistry. The work must be completed in Switzerland or with the involvement of a Swiss national. The prize is awarded annually and supported by the Division of Industrial and Applied Chemistry of the SCS. More information.

SISF/SCS Industrial Science Awards

The SISF/SCS Industrial Scientific Awards are given to scientists working in Switzerland that are still working in industrial R&D. More information.

Industrial Investigator Award
Certificate and cash check of CHF 7’000
The award honors successful investigators with outstanding achievements.

Senior Industrial Investigator Award
Certificate and cash check of CHF 10’000
The award honors very successful and established investigators with outstanding achievements over many years.

Distinguished Industrial Investigator Award
Certificate and cash check of CHF 15’000
Rewarded only on decision by the board The award honors senior scientists at the top of their research career for their lifetime achievements.

SCS Awards are sponsored and supported by the SISF:

David Spichiger, SCS
04.09.2017

Winners of the Best Oral Presentation Awards at the SCS Fall Meeting 2017

In collaboration with Metrohm AG, SCS offered again the very attractive and prestigious Fall Meeting Best Oral Presentation Award program. Combined with the Best Poster Presentation Awards program this is probably the most highly remunerated award program in the field, and we are very proud and happy to cooperate with our sponsoring partners. We wish to express our sincere gratitude to Metrohm for their generous support.

Markus Steinke, representative of Merohm, awarded a total of 13 winners at the end of the SCS Fall Meeting at University of Bern on August 21-22, 2017.

Winners of the Best Oral Presentation Awards 2017

Photo: Matyas Kobrehel

David Spichiger, SCS
23.08.2017

Winners of the Best Poster Presentation Awards at the SCS Fall Meeting 2017

In collaboration with DSM Nutritional Products, SCS offered again the very attractive and prestigious Fall Meeting Best Poster Award program. Combined with the Best Oral Presentation Awards program this is probably the most higjly remunerated award program in the field, and we are very proud and happy to cooperate with our sponsoring partners. We wish to express our sincere gratitude to DSM Nutritional Products Ltd for their generous support.

Dr. Roman Imhof, representative of DSM, awarded a total of 22 winners at the end of the SCS Fall Meeting at University of Bern on August 21-22, 2017.

Winners of the Best Poster Presentation Awards 2017

Photo: Matyas Kobrehel

David Spichiger, SCS
23.08.2017

RÖMPP celebrates its 70th anniversary, 15 years as an online resource, and its 100th update

Since the publication of its first edition 70 years ago, the renowned RÖMPP encyclopedia of chemistry has been a prime knowledge source covering the latest insights in chemistry and related sciences. High-quality content and up-to-date information have always been RÖMPP’s key characteristics. Generations of chemical scientists have relied on the encyclopedia for their groundbreaking work. For 15 years now, RÖMPP has been continued as online encyclopedia with currently 65,000 keywords. The latest update with new content will be the 100^th in the history of the digital edition. The board of twelve editors and roughly 250 renowned authors from the fields of science and industry work to ensure that the resource stays continuously up to date and scientifically sound. Thieme Chemistry has celebrated the triple anniversary – 70 years of RÖMPP, 15 years online, and the 100^th update – amongst other things, with the participants of the Swiss Chemical Society Fall Meeting, in Bern on August 21-22, 2017.

We thank all who visited our booth at the SCS Fall Meeting 2017 and took part in our RÖMPP anniversary celebrations and BOOM photo shooting!

Website: roempp.thieme.de
Contact: 

Special offer for SCS members to access Römpp. 

As part of the collaboration between Thieme and the SCS, we offer to our members access to Römpp at a reduced rate of 175 CHF/y for regular members and 75 CHF/y for student and PhD members. For more details please visit our website.