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28-587: The Centenary Prize is an award granted annually by the United Kingdom-based Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) to up to three "outstanding chemists, who are also exceptional communicators, from overseas". The prize, established in 1947, and first awarded in 1949, by the RSC's forerunner, the Chemical Society , is named after the centenary of that organisation's founding, in 1841. Winners are given

56-575: A large library covering mainly chemistry-based subjects, including online access for members, housed at the Chemistry Centre at Burlington House. It is part of the Chemistry Centre and is a resource for RSC members. The Royal Society of Chemistry has been resident at Burlington House since 1857 (at which time it was known as the Chemical Society) – at the heart of which is the RSC's Library and Information Centre which itself dates back to 1842. Over

84-456: A new strategy document that is updated every three years. It underwent another review in 2014 with the aim to widen its reach to include the prevention of poverty and provide a more holistic support wider than financial assistance to Royal Society of Chemistry members and their families. The Benevolent Fund Grants Committee, formed of volunteer members of the Royal Society of Chemistry, oversees

112-611: A £5000 cash prize, a medal and a certificate, and undertake a lecture tour of the UK. Royal Society of Chemistry The headquarters of the Society are at Burlington House , Piccadilly , London . It also has offices in Thomas Graham House in Cambridge (named after Thomas Graham , the first president of the Chemical Society ) where RSC Publishing is based. The Society has offices in

140-492: Is a crowdsourcing approach to develop an online chemistry database. Crowdsourced based curation of the data has produced a dictionary of chemical names associated with chemical structures that has been used in text-mining applications of the biomedical and chemical literature. However, database rights are not waived and a data dump is not available; in fact, the FAQ even states that only limited downloads are allowed: therefore

168-509: Is a freely accessible online database of chemicals owned by the Royal Society of Chemistry . It contains information on more than 100 million molecules from over 270 data sources, each of them receiving a unique identifier called ChemSpider Identifier. The database sources include: The ChemSpider database can be updated with user contributions including chemical structure deposition, spectra deposition and user curation. This

196-416: Is held entirely online over 24 hours. The aim of its unique format is to remove the environmental and financial costs of attending a traditional scientific conference, and help researchers share their work and network across disciplines, wherever they are in the world. 51°30′32″N 0°08′20″W  /  51.5089°N 0.1390°W  / 51.5089; -0.1390 ChemSpider ChemSpider

224-545: Is similar to the Royal Institute of Chemistry 's arms. The following are membership categories with post-nominals (designatory letters): The qualification GRSC (Graduate of the Royal Society of Chemistry) was awarded from 1981 to 1995 for completion of college courses equivalent to an honours chemistry degree and validated by the RSC. The society is organised around nine divisions, based on subject areas, and local sections. There are thirty-five local sections covering

252-558: Is to collect practical experience of how to conduct useful chemical synthesis in the lab. While experimental methods published in an ordinary academic journal are listed formally and concisely, the procedures in ChemSpider SyntheticPages are given with more practical detail. Informality is encouraged. Comments by submitters are included as well. Other publications with comparable amounts of detail include Organic Syntheses and Inorganic Syntheses . The SyntheticPages site

280-689: The Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes which are awarded to a British chemist who is under 32 years of age for promising original investigations in chemistry and the Corday-Morgan medals which consist of three separate awards made for the most meritorious contributions to experimental chemistry (including computer simulation). The Tilden Prize , previously known as the Tilden Lecture, consists of three awards annually to scientists in mid-career for advances in chemistry. Previous winners of

308-565: The Marlow Award for contributions to physical chemistry or chemical physics by members of the Faraday Division under the age of 32. Recent recipients include Andrew Orr-Ewing , (1999), Jonathan A. Jones , (2000), Helen Fielding (2001), Jonathan Essex (2002), Daren Caruana (2003), Jonathan Reid (2004), Julie Macpherson (2005), Fred Manby (2006), and Alessandro Troisi (2007). The RSC operates an annual Twitter conference. The event

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336-655: The United States , on the campuses of The University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University, at the University City Science Center in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, in both Beijing and Shanghai , China and in Bangalore , India . The organisation carries out research, publishes journals , books and databases, as well as hosting conferences, seminars and workshops. It is the professional body for chemistry in

364-552: The right to fork is not guaranteed and the project can not be considered free / open . A number of available search modules are provided: The ChemSpider database has been used in combination with text mining as the basis of chemistry document markup . ChemMantis, the Chemistry Markup And Nomenclature Transformation Integrated System uses algorithms to identify and extract chemical names from documents and web pages and converts

392-683: The Harrison-Meldola Prize (known as the Meldola Medal and Prize prior to its merger in 2008 with the Edward Harrison prize) include Christopher Kelk Ingold (1921, 1922), Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1923), R.H. Stokes (1946), D.H. Williams (1966), and J. Evans (1978). Corday-Morgan medal recipients include Derek Barton (1949), Ronald Sydney Nyholm (1950), Frederick Sanger (1951), John Cornforth (1953), Rex Richards (1954), and George Porter (1955). The Faraday Division annually awards

420-565: The Institute of Chemistry (later the Royal Institute of Chemistry ) established it as a memorial to its members who died in the First World War. It had an aim "to help necessitous persons who are, or have been, Fellows or Associates of the Institute, their wives or children, and the widows and dependent relatives of deceased Fellows and Associates" through voluntary contributions from members. The Fund's ethos of "members helping members" stems from

448-437: The Institute of Chemistry's Council raising money for members in need from other members prior to the fund being formed. In 1960, the benevolent fund introduced a volunteer visitor system, where members were asked to visit applicants, beneficiaries, elderly and housebound members in their area. Each local section was also appointed a fund representative. A major review of the fund to modernize it took place in 2003–2004, forming

476-532: The Society are in Burlington House , Piccadilly. Events are hosted here for the public, RSC member groups and external organisations including regular lectures on the chemical sciences. The free lectures take an interesting look at the chemical aspects of a wide range of topics from curry to the enjoyment of music. The events have attracted notable science writers such as Philip Ball , Antony John Williams , and John Emsley to give public lectures. The society has

504-517: The UK, with the ability to award the status of Chartered Chemist (CChem) and, through the Science Council the awards of Chartered Scientist (CSci), Registered Scientist (RSci) and Registered Science Technician (RScTech) to suitably qualified candidates. The designation FRSC is given to a group of elected Fellows of the society who have made major contributions to chemistry and other interface disciplines such as biological chemistry. Prior to 2006,

532-619: The United Kingdom and Ireland . Divisions cover broad areas of chemistry but also contain many special interest groups for more specific areas. The society is a not-for-profit publisher: surplus made by its publishing business is invested to support its aim of advancing the chemical sciences. Subscriptions to the journals are available individually, or "all-in", under a provision called "RSC Gold". In addition to scientific journals , including its flagship journals Chemical Communications , Chemical Science and Chemical Society Reviews ,

560-545: The chemical names to chemical structures using name-to-structure conversion algorithms and dictionary look-ups in the ChemSpider database. The result is an integrated system between chemistry documents and information look-up via ChemSpider into over 150 data sources. SyntheticPages is a free interactive database of synthetic chemistry procedures operated by the Royal Society of Chemistry . Users submit synthetic procedures which they have conducted themselves for publication on

588-464: The conversion of chemical names to chemical structures , the generation of SMILES and InChI strings as well as the prediction of many physicochemical parameters and integration to a web service allowing NMR prediction. ChemSpider was acquired by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in May, 2009. Prior to the acquisition by RSC, ChemSpider was controlled by a private corporation, ChemZoo Inc. The system

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616-429: The fund and meets every three months. The RSC awards a variety of prizes and awards each year that include awards for excellence in any area of chemistry, in specialist areas or for achievement at particular stages of a chemist's career. Medals are awarded centrally by the RSC and by the divisions of the organisation. There are also awards that are administered by RSC interest groups. The centrally awarded medals include

644-464: The names of Fellows were published each year in The Times (London). Honorary Fellowship of the Society ("HonFRSC") is awarded for distinguished service in the field of chemistry. The president is elected biennially and wears a badge in the form of a spoked wheel, with the standing figure of Joseph Priestley depicted in enamel, mainly in red and blue, on a hexagonal medallion in the centre. The rim of

672-433: The site. These procedures may be original works, but they are more often based on literature reactions. Citations to the original published procedure are made where appropriate. They are checked by a scientific editor before posting. The pages do not undergo formal peer-review like a scientific journal article but comments can be made by logged-in users. The comments are also moderated by scientific editors. The intention

700-550: The society publishes: The Interactive Lab Primer is a site developed to provide tips to a variety of chemical experimentation skills. The site covers basic lab safety tips, demonstrates primary lab techniques, introduces a couple common lab apparatus in lab, and provides other references. The society's ChemSpider is a database of chemicals and chemical properties. The society operates a blue plaque scheme, " Landmarks of Chemistry ", erecting plaques at places associated with notable chemical events or people. The London offices of

728-458: The wheel is gold, and the twelve spokes are of non-tarnishable metals. The current president is Gillian Reid (2022–2024). Past presidents of the society have been: The RSC has its own coat of arms . Two forms exist: the full coat of arms has lion and unicorn bearers, and the Latin motto " Pro scientia et humanitate " (For the sake of knowledge and for the benefit of mankind). The smaller version

756-583: The years, the library for the RSC has received many gifts from notable fellows including Michael Faraday . The library became a centre for information on the chemical sciences during the World Wars when extensive use was made on the chemical reference material available. The Chemists' Community Fund, the working name of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Benevolent Fund, supports the members and their families during difficult times, through advice and guidance, financial and volunteer support. It dates back to 1920 when

784-485: Was originally set up by Professors Kevin Booker-Milburn ( University of Bristol ), Stephen Caddick ( University College London ), Peter Scott ( University of Warwick ) and Max Hammond. In February 2010 a merger was announced with the Royal Society of Chemistry's chemical structure search engine ChemSpider and the formation of ChemSpider|SyntheticPages (CS|SP). A number of services are made available online. These include

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