Nomination for 2022 ILCS Honors and Awards
23/12/21 17:09 Filed in: News
Dear ILCS Members:
I write to encourage you to nominate your outstanding colleagues for 2022 International Liquid Crystal Society (ILCS) honors and awards. ILCS honors and awards include the Glenn H. Brown Prize, the Michi Nakata Early Career Award, the LG and Samsung Mid-Career Awards, the Honored Member Award, and the Pierre Gilles de Gennes ILCS Prize.
The nomination window closes on February 15, 2022. All honors and awards will be presented to recipients at the 28th ILCC meeting to be held July 24-29, 2022, in Lisbon, Portugal. Nominations that reflect the full diversity of our community are encouraged.
Nominations for all ILCS awards are submitted using the on-line nomination forms for each category available at https://www.ilcsoc.org/awards/. Additional guidelines can be found below.
Best regards
Nick Abbott
Chair, ILCS Honors and Awards Committee
General Procedures for the ILCS Honors and Awards
https://www.ilcsoc.org/members/honors_awards/nomination.php
• Nominations for all ILCS awards are submitted using the on-line nomination forms for each category available in https://www.ilcsoc.org/awards/. The nomination window opens on December 1, 2021 and closes on February 15, 2022.
• Invitations to nominate candidates for the Glenn H. Brown Prize, the Michi Nakata Early Career Award, the LG and Samsung Mid-Career Awards, the Honored Member Award, and the Pierre Gilles de Gennes ILCS Prize will be made through a communication to the ILCS membership and advertised via the Society's website for the 2022 ILCC at which the prizes are to be awarded.
• For the 2022 ILCS Honors and Awards, the nomination materials should be submitted using the on-line submission forms by the 15th of February, 2022.
• Members of the Honors and Awards Committee, Executive Committee, and the Board may not normally nominate a candidate for ILCS awards. If a member of any of these bodies does nominate an individual for a particular ILCS award, they will not participate in any action pertaining to the selection process for that particular award, and will be barred from receiving any information related to the nominations and prizes for that award until the decisions are announced to the general membership.
• Two months before 2022 ILCC, the Chair and members of the Honors and Awards 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, where an Honors and Awards Committee member belongs to the same institute as a nominee, will be managed by the Chair of the Committee and/or the President.
• The decision of the Honors and Awards Committee will be conveyed to the President of the Society for ratification by the Board at least seven weeks prior to the 2022 ILCC. If any of the Board members have real or perceived conflicts of interest, the President will inform that person and suggest that they abstain from deliberations and voting. Any member of the Board who serves on the Honors and Awards 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 norms 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 Honors and Awards Committee shall refrain from lobbying the Board against the President's recommendation.
I write to encourage you to nominate your outstanding colleagues for 2022 International Liquid Crystal Society (ILCS) honors and awards. ILCS honors and awards include the Glenn H. Brown Prize, the Michi Nakata Early Career Award, the LG and Samsung Mid-Career Awards, the Honored Member Award, and the Pierre Gilles de Gennes ILCS Prize.
The nomination window closes on February 15, 2022. All honors and awards will be presented to recipients at the 28th ILCC meeting to be held July 24-29, 2022, in Lisbon, Portugal. Nominations that reflect the full diversity of our community are encouraged.
Nominations for all ILCS awards are submitted using the on-line nomination forms for each category available at https://www.ilcsoc.org/awards/. Additional guidelines can be found below.
Best regards
Nick Abbott
Chair, ILCS Honors and Awards Committee
General Procedures for the ILCS Honors and Awards
https://www.ilcsoc.org/members/honors_awards/nomination.php
• Nominations for all ILCS awards are submitted using the on-line nomination forms for each category available in https://www.ilcsoc.org/awards/. The nomination window opens on December 1, 2021 and closes on February 15, 2022.
• Invitations to nominate candidates for the Glenn H. Brown Prize, the Michi Nakata Early Career Award, the LG and Samsung Mid-Career Awards, the Honored Member Award, and the Pierre Gilles de Gennes ILCS Prize will be made through a communication to the ILCS membership and advertised via the Society's website for the 2022 ILCC at which the prizes are to be awarded.
• For the 2022 ILCS Honors and Awards, the nomination materials should be submitted using the on-line submission forms by the 15th of February, 2022.
• Members of the Honors and Awards Committee, Executive Committee, and the Board may not normally nominate a candidate for ILCS awards. If a member of any of these bodies does nominate an individual for a particular ILCS award, they will not participate in any action pertaining to the selection process for that particular award, and will be barred from receiving any information related to the nominations and prizes for that award until the decisions are announced to the general membership.
• Two months before 2022 ILCC, the Chair and members of the Honors and Awards 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, where an Honors and Awards Committee member belongs to the same institute as a nominee, will be managed by the Chair of the Committee and/or the President.
• The decision of the Honors and Awards Committee will be conveyed to the President of the Society for ratification by the Board at least seven weeks prior to the 2022 ILCC. If any of the Board members have real or perceived conflicts of interest, the President will inform that person and suggest that they abstain from deliberations and voting. Any member of the Board who serves on the Honors and Awards 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 norms 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 Honors and Awards Committee shall refrain from lobbying the Board against the President's recommendation.