Inspirational Committee Awards

Guidelines for nominators

• Nominations open 15 October.
  
• Nominations close 14 January, 17:00 GMT.

Nominee eligibility

• This award is only open to the committees of current Royal Society of Chemistry member networks (normally Local Sections, Interest Groups, Division Regions).
• Only committees of our member-led networks shall be eligible for this award. Governance boards and committees and ad-hoc groups shall not normally be eligible to receive the award.

Restrictions

• A committee can normally only receive this award once. Consideration will be given to nominations for previous winners for previously unrecognised activities, or if there have been significant developments of a previously recognised activity.

Nominator criteria

• Any current member of the Royal Society of Chemistry may submit nominations for this award.
• Staff and non-members of the RSC are not permitted to submit, second or support nominations for this award.
• Nominations will be invited from the Board of Trustees, members of all Community Councils and the officers of our member networks.
• Nominations from members of the nominated committee are permitted for this award.

To make a nomination, please use our online nominations system to submit the following information:

• Your name, contact details, and membership number (please contact the RSC Membership team if you do not know your membership details). Your RSC membership must be confirmed at the point of nomination – it is not sufficient to have a membership application in process. The identity of nominators/seconders is not made known to our judging panels. The RSC reserves the right to amend nominations if necessary to ensure the anonymity of the nominator.
• All nominations for this award must include details of a seconder (name, contact details, and membership number if known).
• The nominee committee name.
• A citation which addresses the selection criteria and demonstrates how the activities of the committee relate to the purpose of this award. This must be no longer than 350 words. Please see the Selection Criteria and Judging Panel tab for further information on writing this citation.

The RSC reserves the right to rescind any prize if there are reasonable grounds to do so. All nominators will be asked to confirm that to the best of their knowledge there is no impediment, relating to professional conduct, to their nominee receiving this prize. All prize winners will be asked to sign the RSC’s Code of Conduct Declaration for Recognition.

Selection Criteria and Judging Panel

Selection criteria

Download sample citation - Inspirational Committee Award

All nominations must be supported by a citation which demonstrates how the activities of the committee relate to the purpose of this award. 

An excellent citation might include:

• Details of the novel activity or approach for which the committee should receive recognition.
• Details of how this activity or approach improved the inclusivity of the committee or activity.
• Details of the impact on the community and committee of their activities. 
• The RSC has many member network committees. Your citation should demonstrate why you think the nominee committee is considered inspirational relative to other committees.

Judging process

The Member Networks Committee will convene a panel to make recommendations to the Committee. If a conflict of interest arises then the panel member will be replaced. 

Due consideration will be given to the engagement of the nominated committee with our standard governance requirements. The final decision will sit with the Chair of the panel. 

History of the prize

Our Inspirational Member Awards and Inspirational Committee Awards were launched in 2015, to recognise the contributions of individual members and member network committees who are instrumental in driving new ideas and approaches to support our community.