MiliporeSigma Bader Award Now Accepting Submissions

MilliporeSigma (St. Louis, Missouri, USA) is now accepting entries for the Alfred R. Bader Award for Student Innovation. Open to chemistry graduates in their third year of graduate employment or beyond, the award offers $5000 to the best research project with a further $500 awarded to four finalists in cash or prizes, including all‑expense‑paid travel to the Bader Student Chemistry Symposium on 7 September, held at MilliporeSigma’s Innovation Center in Darmstadt, Germany.

The programme focus includes:

• Development of new reagents, catalysts, ligands, technologies, software, labware, or instrumentation broadly applicable to synthetic organic chemistry.

• Creative use of current reagents, catalysts, and ligands in methodology or total synthesis projects.

Eligibility:

• Applicant must have completed three full years of graduate work and be in good academic standing.

• Limited to the first 200 applicants worldwide.

• Applicants must be able to attend the Bader Student Chemistry Symposium on 7 September in Darmstadt, Germany, and give a short presentation of their graduate research.

For more information on the award and a full set of rules please visit www.sigma-aldrich.com/baderaward