Commission on the History of Chemistry
and Molecular Sciences
The Commission on the History of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences (CHCMS) of the DHST is offering grants to support attendance of early-career scholars at the 14th International Conference on the History of Chemistry (14ICHC) in Valencia, Spain, 11-14 June 2025.
Awards of up to €350 (for scholars from Europe) and €600 (for scholars from beyond) will be offered as a contribution towards the cost of travel, accommodation, and registration fees for those giving a paper at the conference. CHCMS expects that grantees attend the entire conference, unless there are exceptional circumstances. This grant is open to master’s students, doctoral students, and those who have obtained a PhD since January 2018.
Applicants are invited to send a cover letter, their CV, their submitted abstract for the 14ICHC, and an estimation of the conference fees, travel, and accommodation costs to the CHCMS treasurer and to the CHCMS chair.
The deadline for applications for the CHCMS grants is February 28, 2025. It is expected that applicants will be advised on the outcome of their application on March 15, 2025, in time to register for early-bird conference fees, which are available until April 15, 2025.
There is also a separate scheme from SHAC (Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry) for ICHC14. Applying for the CHCMS grant does not preclude application for the SHAC grant and vice versa. However, it should be noted that there are different eligibility requirements for the two schemes. Should an application be made to both schemes, the evaluation process will be coordinated between SHAC and CHCMS.
For further information on the 14ICHC conference, please see this link.
One of the missions of the CHCMS is the support and fostering of a younger generation of scholars in the field of the history of chemical and molecular sciences and technologies.
To that aim, the CHCMS is setting up a “CHCMS Early Career Lecture” award that is meant to highlight original work and innovative methods and perspectives in the field. The Lecture will be given at the biennial International Conferences on the History of Chemistry (ICHC).
For the 2025 edition, the awardee will be invited as a guest at the 14ICHC, which is taking place in Valencia, Spain, June 11-14, 2025. The awardee will also commit to an interview to be shared through the CHCMS website and YouTube channel.
The nominees must have obtained their PhD within the last 10 years and be aged 40 or less by the time of the nomination. The application of these criteria under special circumstances (such as parental leave or change of career) will be left to the discretion of the Selection Committee.
Nomination will include a short presentation making the case for the nominee’s work in the context of the present and future state of the field, a full CV, a sample of the three most important publications, and a list of two referees. In particular, the nominator(s) should clearly argue in the short presentation how the nominee’s work and publications are bringing new insights, using original methodologies, providing fresh approaches, and novel perspectives in the field of history of chemistry and the molecular sciences. Self-nominations are not accepted.
Nominations should be sent to bvantiggelen@sciencehistory.org no later than December 30, 2024. The CHCMS Early Career Lecturer will be announced in February 2025.
The selection committee will be composed of: