Natural Product Reports Emerging Investigator Lectureship Award

The Natural Products Reports Emerging Investigator Lectureship is awarded through a process whereby nominations of candidates are invited from our community.

Open to all researchers globally

The NPR Lectureship is open to all researchers throughout the world. This includes, but is not limited to, members of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and researchers in academia or industry.

As part of the Royal Society of Chemistry, we believe we have a responsibility to promote inclusivity and accessibility to improve diversity. Where possible, we encourage each nominator to consider nominating candidates of all genders, races, and backgrounds. Please see the RSC's approach to Inclusion and Diversity.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the NPR Lectureship, the candidate must:

• Be an active natural products researcher, either in academia or industry, carrying out research that is within scope of the journal
• Be an independent researcher (this includes Research Associates or Fellows who run their own research group; PhD students and postdocs are not eligible)
• Be at an early stage of their independent career (this should typically be within 12 years of completing their PhD, but appropriate consideration will be given to those who have taken a career break, followed a different career path or work in systems where their time period to independence may vary). Please contact the Editorial Office if you have any queries

Nominations can be made by anyone and must be sent via email to the Editorial Office by 9 October 2023. Self-nominations are not permitted. All nominators will be asked to confirm that, to the best of their knowledge, their nominee’s professional standing is such that there is no confirmed or potential impediment to them receiving the Lectureship.

To nominate a candidate, please provide:

• The name, affiliation, website URL and contact details of the nominee
• An up-to-date nominee CV (3 pages maximum)
• A letter of recommendation (500-word limit) addressing the following assessment criteria:
  • Scientific quality of research output
  • Innovation
  • Community and advocacy activities

Additional indicators of esteem may be included in the recommendation letter for consideration by the judging panel. Statements as to why a nominee is eligible if they are beyond 12 years of their PhD completion, for instance, due to career breaks, will not count towards this word limit

• Contact details for a confirmed supporting referee. Please inform your referee of the nomination – the Editorial Office will request a supporting letter of recommendation (500-word limit) from this referee once the nomination has been received, where the referee should comment in detail on specific contributions/achievements/potential. Referees must state their relationship with the nominee e.g. this could be the nominee’s postdoc or PhD supervisor, line manager, project manager or academic mentor

All eligible nominated candidates will be assessed by a judging panel made up of the Natural Product Reports Editorial Board.

The judging panel will consider the following core criteria:

• Scientific quality of research output
• Innovation
• Community and advocacy activities

Additional indicators of esteem will be considered by the judging panel where multiple nominees are judged equally meritorious in relation to these core criteria.