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The ICI Annual Award for Chemistry  

The Institute of Chemistry of Ireland Annual Award for Chemistry, was inaugurated in 2005. The award recognises the major contribution of individuals to the area of chemistry. The recipient presents a keynote lecture in several locations in Ireland each year.

The Boyle Higgins Gold Medal and Lecture Award

An award for research work carried out in chemistry under the headings: (a) Pure Chemistry, (b) Applied and Industrial Chemistry or (c) Chemical Education. The award is made for an outstanding and internationally recognised research contribution to the advancement of chemistry by a chemist of any nationality working in Ireland or by an Irish chemist working overseas.

For further information, please check out the attached file:

Boyle Higgins Award Rules

Second Level Education Award: Highest Results in Leaving Certificate Honours Chemistry Course

Prizes are awarded to the students achieving the highest marks in Ireland.

Third Level Education Awards: Highest Results in final year Chemistry

A Certificate and 1 years free graduate membership (GradMICI) of the Institute is awarded to the student(s) achieving the highest results in each of the Institute-accredited chemistry courses in Ireland.

The Institute of Chemistry of Ireland's Awards for the EURACHEM Analytical Measurement Competition (EAMC)

This annual Competition was inaugurated in 1999 under the auspices of the Association of Heads of Science at the Institutes of Technology. The aim of the competition is to make students aware, at an early stage in their training, of the importance of reliability in laboratory measurements. It is open to full-time science students attending any third level institution anywhere on the island of Ireland, who have not yet entered the third year of their course.
Each year the Institute awards prizes to the First Place winners and the Runners-up and also to the Lecturer of the winning College.

The Johnny Dwyer Memorial Award

The Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquium is run annually under the aegis of the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland.

Each year, the Institute offers one year’s free Graduate Membership to the best presentations in the categories: Oral Presentations in Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry, and also the best Poster Presentation.

Schools Chemistry Essay Prize

The Institute, together with The Royal Society of Chemistry, ROI Section, and The Society for Chemical Industry, Ireland Section, sponsors the Schools Chemistry Essay Competition. The award is also supported by The Irish Times.

This annual competition, organised by the Institute, is open to all second level students (both North and South) who are interested in Chemistry. Entrants must submit a 1,500-word newspaper article, suitable for the non-scientist, explaining clearly and accurately the significance of any aspect of chemistry in an engaging, informative and easily intelligible manner.

Details of the competition are sent to each School in Ireland each year.

The second competition for 2007 is now open. The closing date is Friday, 14th December 2007. For further information, please view the following Word Document:

School's Essay Flyer