The Paracelsus Prize is awarded to an internationally outstanding scientist for his or her lifetime achievements in chemical research. It is awarded every two years; the next time will be in 2010.

Nomination

Nominations are invited from organizations and individuals. Self-nominations are not admitted.

A nomination must include:

• A brief curriculum vitae of the proposed nominee (max 3 pages).
• A list of 20 of the nominee's most important scientific publications.
• A nomination letter (statement of the research areas in chemistry on which the nomination is based).
• Not more than three seconding nomination letters.

The documents (language E/D/F) listed under 1-3 should be sent electronically as a single pdf file to (e.g. nominee name-paracelsus.pdf). Seconding letters should also be submitted electronically.

The deadline for all documents to reach the Swiss Chemical Society is Oct. 15, 2011.