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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Dear RACI Polymer Group members<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">The committee would like to announce a call for nominations for a number of awards proudly administered by the RACI Polymer Division. Nominations are being sought (as per the attached guidelines) for the following awards,
which will be announced at MACRO2018 in Cairns, 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-AU">The Batteard-Jordan Australian Polymer Medal</span></u></b><u><span lang="EN-AU">:</span></u><span lang="EN-AU"> The highest award of the Polymer Division, is awarded for outstanding achievement in Polymer Science
in Australia. (Closing date for nomination 1<sup>st</sup> September, 2017)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-AU">The David Sangster Polymer Science and Technology Achievement Award:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-AU">
</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Outstanding Australian mid-career polymer scientist (Closing date for nomination 1<sup>st</sup> September, 2017)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Bruce Guise Award:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> A</span><span lang="EN-AU"> distinguished Australasian who has made a major contribution
to industrial research in polymer science and/or technology. It is intended that a recipient will have spent a substantial part of their career in industry in Australia and/or New Zealand, and they must be a resident of one of these countries at the time of
receiving the Award. (Closing date for nomination 1<sup>st</sup> September, 2017)</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-AU">Polymer Division Citation:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-AU"> The Polymer Division recognizes contributions to polymer science and/or technology in Australia and New Zealand<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-AU">The O’Donnell Young Scientist Prize:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-AU"> Awarded to an outstanding PhD student to visit an overseas institution for at least 3 weeks to perform research towards their PhD.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Please note the closing dates for nomination of the first three awards have been slightly modified from previous years (as discussed and approved at the recent general meeting at the RACI National Congress). The nomination
process is detailed in the attached summary of awards, and can also be found at the division website (
<a href="http://polymer.org.au/">http://polymer.org.au/</a> ).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Nominations should be sent to RACI Chair-elect, Kris Thurecht, by email.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">We urge you to consider nominating yourself or a colleague (if relevant under the rules) for the abovementioned awards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dr James P. Blinco<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Senior Lecturer<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Faculty of Science and Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Queensland University of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">e-mail:
<a href="mailto:j.blinco@qut.edu.au"><span style="color:blue">j.blinco@qut.edu.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">phone (office): +61 (0)7 3138 4207<br>
phone (lab): +61 (0)7 3138 7725</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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