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Glenn H. Brown Prize

Glenn H. Brown Prizes were established to advance and diffuse knowledge of liquid crystal states of matter by encouraging effective written and oral presentations of doctoral research results. Theses on theoretical, experimental and/or applied work on thermotropic, polymeric and/or lyotropic liquid crystal systems will be considered.

Eligibility
Eligible nominees for the biannual Glenn Brown Prize must have completed their dissertation work in the field of liquid crystals in two calendar years preceding those in which the International Conference (where the award will be made) is held. They must have demonstrated an outstanding contribution to the science of liquid crystals. Nominees for Glenn Brown need not be members of the ILCS. For the case of nominated theses not written in English, please consult the instructions for Submission of theses not in English for the Glenn Brown Award.

The Prize

• The award is set at $1000 and will be revised from time to time by the Board.
• Each awardee is invited to present a 20 minute lecture at the International LC Conference (ILCC) at which the awards are to be made and to write a short article describing their work for the Society’s newsletter (Liquid Crystals Today).
• The maximum number of Glenn Brown Prizes at one occasion will be four.
• The registration fees for the awardees for the International Conferences will be waived by the ILCC.
  
• All awardees will receive a framed certificate from the Society with a citation of their achievements.
  
• All awardees will be invited to an Awards Dinner along with the Honored Members and Executive Committee of the Society at the Conference at the Conference Banquet.

Procedures

• Invitations to nominate candidates for the Glenn Brown Prize will be made through a communication to the general membership and advertised via the Society's web-site, nine months before the upcoming ILCC at which the awards are to be made.
  
• Nominations may be made only by ordinary members of the Society and should reach the society no later than 15th of February the year of the ILCC at which the awards are to be made. Members of the Awards and Honors Committee, Executive committee, and the Board may not normally nominate a candidate for these awards. If a member of these bodies nominates someone or is nominated for any category of awards, they will not participate in any action pertaining to the awards and will be barred from receiving any information related to the nominations and awards until the decisions have been announced.
• Submission materials for Glenn Brown Prize Nominations includes the on-line Submission Form and the following:

A. English summary of the thesis' outstanding features (at most 3 pages)
B. Letter of nomination (at most 5 pages)
C. Seconds for this nomination (at most 3)
D. Short curriculum vitae including Publications/Patents
E. Copy of the thesis
For electronic submissions (preferred) complete the on-line Submission Form and send thesis on a CD in either pdf or ps format (E) by postal mail to the ILCS Awards Administrator

Brenda Decker
ILCS Awards Administrator
Liquid Crystal Institute
Kent State University
Kent, OH 44242 USA

If you can only submit via the postal system, mail completed nomination (Cover Sheet plus A-E) to Brenda Decker at the above address.

• Should the nominees be deemed to be sub-standard, no awards will be made. It is the objective of the Society to reward only nominees of the highest quality.
  

• Two months before the ILCC the Chair and members of the Awards and Honors Committee will make selections for awards through discussions resulting in unanimous agreement on each award winner. The Chair and members of the Committee may discuss nominees with the President in situations where guidance on the selection of a nominee is required.
  
• The process will be confidential, identities of nominators and nominees will not be revealed during the selection. The identities of all nominators and unsuccessful nominees will remain confidential.
  
• The process of selection should remain impartial. Any conflicts of interest, for example an Awards and Honors Committee member belonging to the same institute as a nominee, will be managed by the Chair of the Committee and/or the President..
  
• The process of selection will be free from consideration of a nominees' gender, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, and age.
  
• The decision of the Awards and Honors Committee will be conveyed to the President of the Society for ratification by the Board at least seven weeks before the ILCC. If any of the Board members have any real or perceived Conflicts of Interest, the President will inform him/her and suggest that he/she abstain from deliberations and voting. Any member of the Board who serve on the Awards and Honors Committee shall also abstain from voting during ratification.
• The President shall have the authority to reject the selections of the Committee if proper procedures are not followed, for appearance of impropriety, and if the recommendations violate the rules and norm governing such awards. If this should occur, the President will seek agreement from the Board for the rejection and give the reasons for the rejection. The Chair or the Awards and Honors Committee shall refrain from campaigning the Board against the President's recommendation.
  
• The President should not vote in the ratification process, and will only cast a tie-breaking vote.
• After ensuring and certifying that all the procedures have been followed, the President will seek the Board's ratification of the awards. Upon ratification, the President will send official notification to each awardee of their award and details of the arrangements for the ceremony.
  
• The decision on Awards that are ratified will be final, and the Society (Awards and Honors Committee and Board Members) will not enter into any further discussions of the matter with anyone.