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The Association of British Spectroscopists Trust (ABS Trust) invite applications for both the 2023 Gordon Kirkbright Bursary and the 2023 Edward Steers Bursary. 

The Gordon F. Kirkbright bursary award is a prestigious annual award that assists a promising early career scientists of any nation to attend a recognised scientific meeting or visit a place of learning. The fund for this bursary was established in 1985 as a memorial to Professor Gordon Kirkbright in recognition of his contributions to analytical spectroscopy and to science in general.

Owing to the generosity of an ABS former trustee, an eminent atomic spectroscopist, Professor Edward B.M. Steers, the ABS Trust are now able to award an annual Edward Steers bursary, in addition to the long standing Gordon Kirkbright bursary, to similarly assist a promising early scientist engaged in or utilising analytical spectroscopic techniques.

The ABS Trust defines early career as being either a student, or an employee in a non-tenured academic post or in industry, within 5 years of award of PhD excluding career breaks. The same conditions apply to each bursary.

Although both funds are administered by the ABS Trust, the Kirkbright award is not restricted to spectroscopists, but is open to all involved with or utilising analytical science-based techniques.

Applicants to complete the following online form by the deadline for completion is 30th November 2023.

Visit the ABS Trust website for more details or contact abstrustuk@gmail.com with any questions

The Gordon F. Kirkbright bursary award is a prestigious annual award that assists a promising early career scientist of any nation to attend a recognised scientific meeting or visit a place of learning. The fund for this bursary was established in 1985 as a memorial to Professor Gordon Kirkbright in recognition of his contributions to analytical spectroscopy and to science in general.

Owing to the generosity of one of our former trustees, an eminent atomic spectroscopist, Professor Edward B.M. Steers, we are now able to award an annual Edward Steers bursary, in addition to the long standing Gordon Kirkbright bursary, to similarly assist a promising early scientist engaged in or utilising analytical spectroscopic techniques.

The ABS Trust defines early career as being either a student, or an employee in a non-tenured academic post or in industry, within 7 years of award of PhD excluding career breaks. The same conditions apply to each bursary.

Applications are invited for both the 2022 Gordon Kirkbright Bursary and the 2022 Edward Steers Bursary.  Although both funds are administered by the ABS Trust, the Kirkbright award is not restricted to spectroscopists, but is open to all involved with or utilising analytical science-based techniques.

Application Forms can be downloaded via:

http://www.abstrust.org/kirkbright-and-steers-bursary-awards

or for further information visit:

http://www.abstrust.org/ or contact abstrustuk.kirkbright@gmail.com

The closing date for entries is 30 November 2021.

We would like to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Analyst in 2019, as selected by the editorial team, for their significant contribution to the journal. The reviewers have been chosen based on the number, timeliness and quality of the reports completed over the last 12 months.

We would like to say a big thank you to those individuals listed here as well as to all of the reviewers that have supported the journal. Each Outstanding Reviewer will receive a certificate to give recognition for their significant contribution.

Professor Hugh Byrne, Dublin Institute of Technology, ORCID: 0000-0002-1735-8610

Professor Lingxin Cen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ORCID: 0000-0002-3764-3515

Dr Yu-Chung Chang, Washington State University, ORCID: 0000-0002-2764-7010

Professor Jeremy Driskell, Illinois State University, ORCID: 0000-0001-5082-898X

Professor Ning Gan, Ningbo University, ORCID: 0000-0001-9772-2437

Professor Hideaki Hisamoto, Osaka Prefecture University, ORCID: 0000-0003-1067-4116

Dr Juewen Liu, University of Waterloo, ORCID: 0000-0001-5918-9336

Professor Francis Martin, University of Central Lancashire, ORCID: 0000-0001-8562-4944

Dr Muhammad Shiddiky, Griffith University, ORCID: 0000-0003-4526-4109

Dr Chun-yang Zhang, Shandong Normal University, ORCID: 0000-0002-8010-1981

We would also like to thank the Analyst board and the analytical chemistry community for their continued support of the journal, as authors, reviewers and readers.

If you would like to become a reviewer for our journal, just email us with an application form and an up-to-date CV or résumé. You can find more details in our author and reviewer resource centre.

The Gordon F. Kirkbright bursary award is a prestigious annual award that assists a promising early career scientist of any nation to attend a recognised scientific meeting or visit a place of learning. The fund for this bursary was established in 1985 as a memorial to Professor Gordon Kirkbright in recognition of his contributions to analytical spectroscopy and to science in general.

Owing to the generosity of one of our former trustees, an eminent atomic spectroscopist, Professor Edward B.M. Steers, we are now, from 2020, in the position of being able to award an Edward Steers bursary, in addition to the long standing Gordon Kirkbright bursary, to similarly assist a promising early scientist engaged in or utilising analytical spectroscopic techniques.

The ABS Trust defines early career as being either a student, or an employee in a non-tenured academic post or in industry, within 7 years of award of PhD excluding career breaks. The same conditions apply to each bursary.

Applications are invited for both the 2020 Gordon Kirkbright Bursary and the 2020 Edward Steers Bursary.  Although both funds are administered by the ABS Trust, the Kirkbright award is not restricted to spectroscopists, but is open to all involved with or utilising analytical science-based techniques.

Application Forms can be downloaded from:

http://www.abstrust.org/kirkbright-bursary-award-application-form

and:

http://www.abstrust.org/steers-bursary-award-application-form

or for further information visit:

http://www.abstrust.org/, or contact abstrustuk@gmail.com

The closing date for entries is 30 November 2019.

In memory of the company’s founder Heinrich Emanuel Merck, the Merck Award has celebrated excellence in analytical chemistry for over two decades. It is open to researchers up to the age of 45 years who are developing solutions to analytical problems in the life, material and environmental sciences. This award honors scientists who are developing innovative analytical methods in chemistry with new applications that aim to improve human life.

The prize will be awarded for the 17th time at a special award ceremony at the EuroAnalysis2019 in Istanbul, Turkey from 1st – 5th September, 2019.

The judging panel will be chaired by Professor Renato Zenobi (ETH Zürich) and supported by 5 intentionally renowned analytical scientists.

Applications and nominations should be submitted before the deadline on 31st December 2018 to the following address:

Professor Renato Zenobi
ETH Zürich
Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
HCI E 329
CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
Email: zenobi@org.chem.ethz.ch

Further details 

The Gordon F. Kirkbright bursary award is a prestigious annual award that assists a promising early career scientist of any nation to attend a recognised scientific meeting or visit a place of learning. (We define early career as being either a student, or an employee in a non-tenured academic post or in industry, within 7 years of award of PhD excluding career breaks).

The fund for this bursary was established in 1985 as a memorial to Professor Gordon Kirkbright in recognition of his contributions to analytical spectroscopy and to science in general. Although the fund is administered by the Association of British Spectroscopists (ABS) Trust, the award is not restricted to spectroscopists, but is open to all involved with or utilising analytical science-based techniques.

Applications are invited for the 2019 Gordon Kirkbright Bursary.

An Application Form can be downloaded from:

http://www.abstrust.org/kirkirkbright-bursary-award-application-form

or for further information visit:

http://www.abstrust.org/, or contact abstrustuk@gmail.com

The closing date for entries is 30 November 2018.