The SCEJ Award for Outstanding Asian Researcher and EngineerIntroduction
The Outstanding Asian Researcher and Engineer Award recognizes Asian nationals based outside ofJapan who possesses the exceptional vision, achievement and knowledge to inspire others to succeed
and to contribute to significant chemical engineering research and technological developments in thefield of chemical engineering. The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan (SCEJ) Awards Committeeis actively soliciting nominations from all SCEJ members and Chemical Engineering-relatedorganizations and societies in Asian countries. Please email The SCEJ Awards Committee for furtherinformation.
E-mail: asianawards@scej.org

Eligibility Criteria
As of 15th February 2024, candidates must: Be age 45 years or younger; Have their activities based in Asian countries;
 Have made a substantial contribution to research and technological developments in chemicalengineering; and,
 Be nominated either by a member of SCEJ, or the president / representative of a chemicalengineering-related academic society in an Asian country.N.B. 1) , 2)
N.B.: 1) The board members of SCEJ and members of The Awards Committee are not2)

allowed to nominate any candidates.
Both a regular member of SCEJ and an academic society can nominate one candidate.

Submission Procedures
The nomination period for the Award starts from January 2024 and closes on 15th February 2024.
For details, please refer to our website below. For submission, please use the following procedures:

1. Nomination and CV forms are available on the following SCEJ website:
https://www.scej.org/en/awards/scej-award-for-oare.html
2.

Nominators are asked to complete Annex 1, which has to be submitted to SCEJ by 15thFebruary 2024.

In case of electronic submission, a PDF file and a WORD file each with thenominator’s signature will be required.
Annex 1 includes:a.

Nomination Form and,

b. The recommendation letter of either a regular member of SCEJ (including international
regular member), the president of the society of chemical engineering in other Asian
countries or the representative of chemical-engineering-related society.
3.

Nominees are required to complete Annex 2, which has to be submitted together with thematerials designated therein to SCEJ by 15th March 2024． In case of submission by electronic
files, Annex 2 has to be provided in two formats, i.e., a Word file and a PDF file.
Annex 2 includes:a. Nominee’s Curriculum Vitae and,b. The nominee’s five most significant articles written in English, including scientific papers
or patent applications in the field of chemical engineering. In case of electronicsubmission, such articles have to be provided in PDF formats.

4.

Please send all nomination materials by either registered mail or e-mail to:
Masahiko Matsukata, President
The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan4-6-19, Kohinata, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0006, Japan, orE-mail: asianawards@scej.org

Selection Schedule and Post-Award Programs
1. The applied data will be thoroughly reviewed by The SCEJ Awards Committee for the period
from March to July 2024.
2. Recipients of the Award will be notified no later than the end of July 2024.
3. Each of the Award winners is required to attend the commendation ceremony of the Award andto give an award-commemorative lecture at the International Chemical Engineering Symposia(IChES2025) / the 90th Annual Meeting of SCEJ to be held in Japan in the middle of March2025; and, to contribute a journal review which will be peer-reviewed and published on The
Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan. The recipients’ accommodation expenses andregistration fees to attend the above meetings will be paid by SCEJ.