The deadline is September 30, 2024.
The CSA Trust is an internationally recognized, registered charity that promotes education, research, and development in fields related to chemical structures and cheminformatics.The Chemical Structure Association Trust is calling for nominations for the 2025 Mike Lynch Award.
The Mike Lynch Award recognizes and encourages outstanding accomplishments in education, research, and development activities that are related to the systems and methods used to store, process, and retrieve information about chemical structures, reactions, and properties. The awardee will receive an honorarium and memento and will be invited to make a presentation at the 13th International Conference on Chemical Structures.
To nominate an individual, please submit (a) a summary of the nominee’s accomplishments and the specific relevant work that is to be recognized (maximum one page); (b) a brief biographical sketch, including a statement of academic qualifications and contact information; and (c) at least one seconding letter that supports the nomination and provides additional factual information with regard to the scientific achievements of the nominee. If appropriate, a list of the nominee’s publications and/or patents may also be submitted. The Award will not be given in any year in which the nominees do not meet the award criteria. Work that has not previously been recognized by other awards will usually be given particular consideration.
Please email these documents to the Secretary of the CSA Trust at chescot@aol.com by September 30, 2024.
Traditionally the award is presented on the opening night of the ICCS.
Previous Recipients
- 2022 – Dr. Greg Landrum
- 2018 – Dr. Rudy Potenzone
- 2014 – The InChi Team (Steve Heller, Alan McNaught, Igor Pletnev, Steve Stein and Dmitrii Tchekhovskoi)
- 2011 – Dr. Engelbert Zass, ETH Zurich
- 2008 – Prof. Alexander Lawson, Elsevier Information Systems GmbH
- 2005 – Prof. Johnny Gasteiger, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
- 2002 – Prof. Peter Willett, University of Sheffield