Call for Nominations for Prizes


Dorothy Hodgkin Prize 2000 - Call for Nominations

Nominations were invited for the fourth award of this prize, which was presented at the BCA Annual Conference in April 2000. The next one is due in 2003, this call for nominations will be updated nearer the time.

The Dorothy Hodgkin prize of the BCA was instituted on the occasion of her 80th birthday in recognition of her great contribution to science in general and to crystallography in particular. Nominations for the 2000 prize are welcomed from any part of the crystallographic community and should be sent to the President of the BCA, to reach him by 30 September 1999.

Nominations should be presented on 2 pages and should include the minimum of essential biographical data and the full supporting case for the nominee including up to 6 suitable publications as references. Eligibility for this triennial award is not subject to any restrictions of age, nationality, or past and present places of work.


It is hoped that the next recipient's name will be announced with the details of the Prize lecture in the March 2000 issue of BCA Crystallography News.

Previous recipients are:

For further information, including some pictures of the presenation ceremony and summaries of some of the prize lectures click here.

Announcement of the establishment of the ECA prize
7 September 1999

THE EUROPEAN CRYSTALLOGRAPHY PRIZE
The European Crystallographic Association (ECA) announces the establishment of the European Crystallography Prize to recognize a significant achievement or discovery in crystallography in the past 5-10 years. Nominees should be affiliated or identified with the European crystallographic community, including South Africa, as broadly defined in the charter of the ECA. Nominations for the prize should include a statement of the contribution for which the prize is to be awarded, reprints of relevant published papers, a short curriculum vitae of the nominee, and the signatures of at least three additional nominators, preferably with letters supporting the nomination. Nominations should be postmarked no later than 15 December 1999 and should be sent to:

           Professor Paul T. Beurskens,  ECA Secretary,

           Lab. voor Kristallografie, University of Nijmegen,

           Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
The inaugural prize, including a monetary award and certificate of recognition, will be presented at the opening ceremony of 19th European Crystallography Meeting (ECM-19) to be held in Nancy, France, 25-31 August 2000.
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