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FAIR4Chem Award

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The NFDI4Chem (chemistry consortium in the NFDI) has announced the 2022 FAIR4Chem Award in order to increase transparency in research and the reuse of scientific knowledge!
It will be awarded to the author(s) of published chemistry research datasets that best meet the FAIR principles.

How will I be rewarded?

Besides the FAIR4Chem Award the NFDI4Chem will award the “FAIRest” dataset with a prize money of 500€ and an inviatiton to the JCF Frühjahrssymposium 2022, where you will be receiving the award.

How do I paticipate?

Submit the link to your published dataset via the web form on the Award Website under the “register” tab.

The deadline will be the 15th ofDecember.

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Nobel Prizes 2021

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This October the winners of the annual Nobel Prizes have been announced, and we are proud to say that not one but two of our MPG scientists have had the honor of receiving this coveted award.

Physics:
Together with two other laureates Klaus Hasselmann shares this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics for:

“[…] groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems”

Hasselmann and Manabe laid the foundation of our knowledge of the Earth’s climate and how humanity influences it and are acknowledged for:

“[…] the physical modelling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming”

Chemistry:
Benjamin List together with his co-laureat David MacMillen won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for:

“[…] the development of asymmetric organocatalysis”

They are credited with the invention of “an ingenious tool for building molecules” called organocatalysis, which has had a great impact on pharmaceutical research, and “has made chemistry greener”

Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach.
1. Klaus Hasselmann
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
2. Benjamin List
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

You can find more information on this year’s Nobel Prices and the winners here.