Recognising Excellence in Chemistry Education
The IUPAC Committee on Chemistry Education (CCE) has established three awards which will be presented for the first time during the 27th International Conference on Chemistry Education (ICCE2024) in Pattaya, Thailand, on 15-19 July 2024. These prizes recognise outstanding work being done in any part of the world to promote excellence in the teaching and learning of chemistry. The awards are:
- Distinguished Contribution to Chemistry Education (DCCE) Award which recognises outstanding service to chemistry education and practice and/or professional service to chemistry education over a lifetime. See details (PDF).
- Outstanding Early Career Researcher in Chemistry Education Award which recognizes early career researchers who are producing high quality and impactful chemical education research as evidenced by their research output. See details (PDF).
- Special Recognition Award for Excellent Service to the Committee on Chemistry Education which acknowledges individuals who have given excellent service to the CCE, i.e. to further CCE priorities and IUPAC strategic objectives related to chemistry education. See details (PDF).
See Call for nominations for the 2024 awards (submission deadline 28 February 2024)
In 2024, the Distinguished Contribution to Chemistry Education (DCCE) Award was awarded to Mei-Hung Chiu and the Inaugural Outstanding Early Career Researcher in Chemistry Education Award has been awarded to Amanda Bongers and Shelley Rap. See release.
Past awardees of this prestigious Distinguished Contribution to Chemistry Education (DCCE) are:
2010: Peter Atkins, Oxford University, England
Lida Schoen, CCE Young Ambassadors of Chemistry, Netherlands
2012: Peter Mahaffy, The King’s University, Canada
Bob Bucat, University of Western Australia, Australia
2014: Morton Hoffman, Boston University, USA
2016: Kazuko Ogino, Tohoku University, Japan
2018: Supawan Tantayanon, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand