European Chemical Society

European Chemical Society
The European Chemical Society (EuChemS) is a European non-profit organisation which promotes collaboration between non-profit scientific and technical societies in the field of chemistry.
Based in Brussels, Belgium, the association took over the role and responsibilities of the Federation of European Chemical Societies and Professional Institutions (FECS) founded in 1970. It currently has 50 Member Societies and supporting members, with a further 19 divisions and working parties. It represents more than 160,000 chemists from more than 30 countries in Europe.
On 3 October 2019, the EuChemS General Assembly voted Floris Rutjes of Radboud University as EuChemS President-Elect. His term as President began in January 2021. Nineta Hrastelj is Secretary General. Pilar Goya Laza, research professor of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), is Vice-President of EuChemS.
Aims and function
The European Chemical Society has two major aims. By bringing together national chemical societies from across Europe, it aims to foster a community of scientists from different countries and provide opportunities for them to exchange ideas, communicate, cooperate on work projects and develop their networks. EuChemS in turn relies on the knowledge of this community to provide sound scientific advice to policymakers at the European level, in order to better inform their decision-making work. EuChemS is an official accredited stakeholder of the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) and the European Chemical Agency (ECHA). EuChemS also relies on quality science communication to better inform citizens, decision-makers and scientists of the latest research developments in the chemical sciences, and their role in tackling major societal, environmental and economic challenges.
Because the field of chemistry is particularly vast with many different disciplines within it, EuChemS provides advice and knowledge on a broad range of subjects including:
EU Research Framework Programmes, such as Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe
Open Science
Education and STEM
Environmental issues and climate change
Circular Economy
Renewable Energy
Food safety
Science literacy
Health
Ethics and scientific integrity
Cultural Heritage
Chemical and nuclear safety
EuChemS is a signatory of the EU Transparency register. The register number is: 03492856440-03.
Divisions and Working Parties
The EuChemS scientific divisions and working parties are networks in their own fields of expertise and promote collaboration with other European and international organisations. They organise high quality scientific conferences in chemical and molecular sciences and interdisciplinary areas.
Division of Analytical Chemistry
Division of Chemical Education
Division of Chemistry and the Environment
Division of Chemistry in Life Sciences
Division of Computational Chemistry
Division of Food Chemistry
Division of Green and Sustainable Chemistry
Division of Inorganic Chemistry
Division of Nuclear and Radiochemistry
Division of Organic Chemistry
Division of Organometallic Chemistry
Division of Physical Chemistry
Division of Solid State Chemistry
Division of Chemistry and Energy
Working Party on Chemistry for Cultural Heritage
Working party on Ethics in Chemistry
Working Party on the History of Chemistry
The European Young Chemists' Network (abbreviated to EYCN) is the younger members' division of EuChemS.
Events
EuChemS organises a variety of different events, including policy workshops with the European Institutions, specialised academic conferences, as well as the biennial EuChemS Chemistry Congress (ECC). There have been 8 Congresses so far since the first in 2006, held in Budapest, Hungary.
The congresses have taken place in: Turin, Italy (2008); Nuremberg, Germany (2010); Prague, Czechia (2012); Istanbul, Turkey (2014); Seville, Spain (2016); Liverpool, UK (2018), Lisbon, Portugal (2022). The next ECC is set to be held in Dublin, Ireland in 2024. The ECCs usually attract some 2000 chemists from more than 50 countries across the world.
Awards
EuChemS proposes several awards including the European Chemistry Gold Medal Award, awarded in 2018 to Nobel Laureate Bernard Feringa and in 2020 to Michele Parrinello; the EuChemS Award for Service; the EuChemS Lecture Award; the European Young Chemists' Award; the EuChemS EUCYS Award; the EuChemS Historical Landmarks Award, as well as several Divisional Awards.
EuChemS implemented in 2020 the EuChemS Chemistry Congress fellowship scheme. The aim of EuChemS fellowship scheme is to support early career researchers (bachelor, masters and PhD students) actively attending the EuChemS Chemistry Congresses.
EuChemS Gold Medal
The EuChemS Gold medal is awarded to reflect the exceptional achievements of scientists working in the field of chemistry in Europe.
2022
Dame Carol Robinson
2020
Michele Parrinello
2018
Bernard L. Feringa
EuChemS Historical Landmarks Awards
The EuChemS Historical Landmarks Award recognize sites important in the history of chemistry in Europe:
2020
Prague, Czech Republic (50 anniversary of the foundation of EuChemS).
Giessen, Germany, Justus Liebig’s Laboratory.
2019
Almadén mines in Spain (producing mercury for Spain and the Spanish empire) and Edessa Cannabis Factory Museum, Greece (a preserved factory producing ropes and twine from hemp).
2018
The Ytterby mine in Sweden (linked to the discovery of 8 chemical elements) and ABEA in Crete, Greece (a factory processing olive oil).
Projects and activities
In light of the UN declared International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements of 2019, EuChemS published a Periodic Table which depicts the issue of the abundance of the chemical elements to raise awareness of the need to develop better recycling capacities, to manage waste, and to find alternative materials to the elements that are at risk of being unusable.
Members & Supporting Members
Austrian Chemical Society
Austrian Society of Analytical Chemistry
Royal Flemish Chemical Society
Walloon Royal Society of Chemistry
Union of Chemists in Bulgaria
Croatian Chemical Society
Pancyprian Union of Chemists
Czech Chemical Society
Danish Chemical Society
Estonian Chemical Society
Finnish Chemical Society
French Chemical Society
German Chemical Society
German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry
Association of Greek Chemists
Hungarian Chemical Society
Institute of Chemistry of Ireland
Israel Chemical Society
Italian Chemical Society
Lithuanian Chemical Society
Association of Luxembourgish Chemists
Society of Chemists and Technologists of Macedonia
Chemical Society of Montenegro
Royal Dutch Chemical Society
Norwegian Chemical Society
Polish Chemical Society
Portuguese Chemical Society
Portuguese Electrochemical Society
Romanian Chemical Society
Mendeleev Russian Chemical Society
Russian Scientific Council on Analytical Chemistry
Serbian Chemical Society
Slovak Chemical Society
Slovenian Chemical Society
Royal Spanish Chemical Society
Spanish Society of Analytical Chemistry (SEQA)
Asociación Nacional de Químicos de España (ANQUE) – ANQUE
Catalan Chemical Society
Swedish Chemical Society
Swiss Chemical Society
Turkish Chemical Society
Royal Society of Chemistry
Supporting members:
European Nanoporous Materials Institute of Excellence (ENMIX)
European Chemistry Thematic Network Association (ECTN)
European Federation of Managerial Staff in the Chemical and Allied Industries (FECCIA)
European Research Institute of Catalysis (ERIC)
European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC)
International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Centre (ISC3)
ChemPubSoc Europe
Italian National Research Council (CNR)
See also
European Chemist
European Physical Society
Timeline of chemistry
European Research Council
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
References
External links
EuChemS
EuChemS Newsletter
Brussels News Updates
1st EuChemS Chemistry Congress 2006
2nd EuChemS Chemistry Congress 2008
3rd EuChemS Chemistry Congress 2010
4th EuChemS Chemistry Congress 2012
5th EuChemS Chemistry Congress 2014
6th EuChemS Chemistry Congress 2016
7th EuChemS Chemistry Congress 2018
8th EuChemS Chemistry Congress 2022
Chemistry societies
International scientific organizations based in Europe
Organizations established in 1970