Rules for JSCC Awards
We establish this Award in order to promote advances in coordination chemistry.
| Section 1 | We establish the JSCC Award (here after the “Award”) that will be given to a researcher with a remarkable achievement and outstanding contributions to promote advances in coordination chemistry. |
| Section 2 | The Award shall be given once per year. |
| Section 3 | In order to be eligible for the Award a candidate shall have been a member of JSCC for five years or more on April 1 of the Award year. |
| Section 4 | The Award shall consist of a shield that will be given at the Annual Symposium. |
| Section 5 | Award screening for this award shall be carried out by the Review Committee of JSCC Awards (hereinafter known as the Review Committee). Ten Review Committee members shall be selected from the JSCC members by the Vice President and in alignment with separately-stipulated Rules for Election of Review Committee Members of JSCC Award. The Vice president of JSCC shall be the chairman of the Review Committee. |
| Section 6 | Selection of candidates shall be made in accordance with the provision of “Additional Rules for JSCC Award”. |
| Section 7 | The chairman of the Review Committee shall report the result and its reason to the President by the date of a general meeting of JSCC. |
| Section 8 | These rules may be amended by a careful discussion at the Council and an approval at the general meeting. |
| These rules become effective from October 1, 2002. |
September 26, 2007 Partial Amendment
September 11, 2016 Partial Amendment
September 17, 2017 Partial Amendment
Additional Rules for JSCC Awards
(General rules)
| Section 1 | These detailed regulations shall be based on Section 6 of the JSCC Award, and shall stipulate all matters deemed necessary for implementing the JSCC Award (hereinafter known as “this award”). |
(Entry)
| Section 2 | Entry to the Award shall be by self-recommendation or a recommendation by other JSCC members. According to an entry method, entries shall submit necessary documents to the Office by a deadline. |
| Section 3 | Recipients of the JSCC Award for Creative research shall not be permitted to apply for this award with the same research content. |
(Review committee)
| Section 4 | Award screening for this award shall be carried out by the Review Committee of JSCC Awards (hereinafter known as the Review Committee). |
| Section 5 | Candidates and recommenders of candidates cannot become review committees. |
| Section 6 | The chairman of the Review Committee shall call for Review Committee meetings. Review Committee meetings shall be pronounced valid in the event of seven or more of the eleven members being in attendance, or providing their responses to items on the agenda in writing. |
| Section 7 | As a basic rule, the review system shall be two stage review, the 1st stage and the 2nd stage. |
| Section 8 | Regardless of the number of applicants, the first screening shall involve votes submitted in writing based on reviews of documentation, and three or less nominees shall be selected in principle. |
| Section 9 | At the second screening, the Review Committee shall listen the achievement explanation from the candidates selected by the first screening. But it is not always when the review committee approve. The Review Committee shall not pay any travel expenses or transportation expenses for the achievement explanation. |
| Section 10 | These additional rules may be amended by a careful discussion and an approval at the Council. |
| Additional Remarks | Award winners shall submit a summarized outline of their award speech to be given at the Annual Symposium of JSCC held during the relevant fiscal year, and shall contribute an award account pertaining to their award-winning research to the Bulletin of Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry (BJSCC) issued during the following fiscal year. |
| These additional rules become effective from April 1, 2003. |
September 26, 2007 Partial Amendment
September 11, 2016 Partial Amendment
September 17, 2017 Partial Amendment
September 22, 2019 Partial Amendment
