The European Chemical Society (EuChemS) is a European

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organisation which promotes collaboration between non-profit scientific and technical societies in the field of chemistry.Dr. John V. Holder, ''The European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences - Ethical Guidelines for Publication in Journals and Reviews'', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Volume 13, Number 4 / July, 2006 Based in

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, Belgium, the association took over the role and responsibilities of the ''Federation of European Chemical Societies and Professional Institutions'' (FECS) founded in 1970. It currently has 50 Member Societies and supporting members, with a further 19 divisions and working parties. It represents more than 160,000 chemists from more than 30 countries in Europe. On 3 October 2019, the EuChemS General Assembly voted Floris Rutjes of

Radboud University Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, nl, Radboud Universiteit , formerly ''Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen'') is a public research university located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The university bears the name of Saint Radboud, a 9th century D ...

as EuChemS President-Elect. His term as President began in January 2021. Nineta Hrastelj is Secretary General. Pilar Goya Laza, research professor of the

Spanish National Research Council The Spanish National Research Council ( es, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC) is the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain and the third largest in Europe. Its main objective is to develop and promote res ...

(CSIC), is Vice-President of EuChemS.

Aims and function

The European Chemical Society has two major aims. By bringing together national chemical societies from across Europe, it aims to foster a community of scientists from different countries and provide opportunities for them to exchange ideas, communicate, cooperate on work projects and develop their networks. EuChemS in turn relies on the knowledge of this community to provide sound scientific advice to policymakers at the European level, in order to better inform their decision-making work. EuChemS is an official accredited stakeholder of the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) and the

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(ECHA). EuChemS also relies on quality science communication to better inform citizens, decision-makers and scientists of the latest research developments in the chemical sciences, and their role in tackling major societal, environmental and economic challenges. Because the field of chemistry is particularly vast with many different disciplines within it, EuChemS provides advice and knowledge on a broad range of subjects including: *EU Research Framework Programmes, such as Horizon 2020 and

Horizon Europe Horizon Europe is a 7-year European Union scientific research initiative, successor of the Horizon 2020 programme and the earlier Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development. The European Commission drafted and approved a plan ...

* Open Science *Education and STEM *Environmental issues and

climate change In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to ...

* Circular Economy * Renewable Energy *Food safety *Science literacy *Health *Ethics and

scientific integrity Scientific integrity deals with "best practices" or rules of professional practice of researchers. It stems from an OECD report of 2007, and is set in the context of the replication crisis and the fight against scientific misconduct. Initiatives ...

* Cultural Heritage *Chemical and nuclear safety EuChemS is a signatory of the EU Transparency register. The register number is: 03492856440-03.

Divisions and Working Parties

The EuChemS scientific divisions and working parties are networks in their own fields of expertise and promote collaboration with other European and international organisations. They organise high quality scientific conferences in chemical and molecular sciences and interdisciplinary areas. * Division of Analytical Chemistry * Division of Chemical Education * Division of Chemistry and the Environment * Division of Chemistry in Life Sciences * Division of Computational Chemistry * Division of Food Chemistry * Division of Green and Sustainable Chemistry * Division of Inorganic Chemistry * Division of Nuclear and Radiochemistry * Division of Organic Chemistry * Division of Organometallic Chemistry * Division of Physical Chemistry * Division of Solid State Chemistry * Division of Chemistry and Energy * Working Party on Chemistry for Cultural Heritage * Working party on Ethics in Chemistry * Working Party on the History of Chemistry The

European Young Chemists' Network The European Young Chemists' Network (EYCN) is the young division of the European Chemical Society (EuChemS), and aims at promoting chemistry among young people, under the age of 35, that belong to a fellow European society. History Founded in ...

(abbreviated to EYCN) is the younger members' division of EuChemS.

Events

EuChemS organises a variety of different events, including policy workshops with the European Institutions, specialised academic conferences, as well as the biennial EuChemS Chemistry Congress (ECC). There have been 8 Congresses so far since the first in 2006, held in

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, Hungary. The congresses have taken place in:

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, Italy (2008);

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

, Germany (2010);

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, Czechia (2012);

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, Turkey (2014);

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, Spain (2016);

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, UK (2018), Lisbon, Portugal (2022). The next ECC is set to be held in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...

, Ireland in 2024. The ECCs usually attract some 2000 chemists from more than 50 countries across the world.

Awards

EuChemS proposes several awards including the European Chemistry Gold Medal Award, awarded in 2018 to Nobel Laureate Bernard Feringa and in 2020 to Michele Parrinello; the EuChemS Award for Service; the EuChemS Lecture Award; the European Young Chemists' Award; the EuChemS

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Award; the EuChemS Historical Landmarks Award, as well as several Divisional Awards. EuChemS implemented in 2020 the EuChemS Chemistry Congress fellowship scheme. The aim of EuChemS fellowship scheme is to support early career researchers (bachelor, masters and PhD students) actively attending the EuChemS Chemistry Congresses.

EuChemS Gold Medal

The EuChemS Gold medal is awarded to reflect the exceptional achievements of scientists working in the field of chemistry in Europe. ;2022 : Dame Carol Robinson ;2020 : Michele Parrinello ;2018 : Bernard L. Feringa

EuChemS Historical Landmarks Awards

The EuChemS Historical Landmarks Award recognize sites important in the history of chemistry in Europe: ;2020 :

, Czech Republic (50 anniversary of the foundation of EuChemS). :

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, Germany, Justus Liebig’s Laboratory. ;2019 :

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mines in Spain (producing mercury for Spain and the Spanish empire) and Edessa Cannabis Factory Museum, Greece (a preserved factory producing ropes and twine from hemp). ;2018 :The

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mine in Sweden (linked to the discovery of 8 chemical elements) and ABEA in Crete, Greece (a factory processing olive oil).

Projects and activities

In light of the UN declared International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements of 2019, EuChemS published a Periodic Table which depicts the issue of the

abundance of the chemical elements The abundance of the chemical elements is a measure of the occurrence of the chemical elements relative to all other elements in a given environment. Abundance is measured in one of three ways: by the mass-fraction (the same as weight fraction); ...

to raise awareness of the need to develop better recycling capacities, to manage waste, and to find alternative materials to the elements that are at risk of being unusable.

Members & Supporting Members

* Austrian Chemical Society * Austrian Society of Analytical Chemistry * Royal Flemish Chemical Society * Walloon Royal Society of Chemistry * Union of Chemists in Bulgaria * Croatian Chemical Society * Pancyprian Union of Chemists * Czech Chemical Society * Danish Chemical Society * Estonian Chemical Society * Finnish Chemical Society *

French Chemical Society French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ...

German Chemical Society The German Chemical Society (German: ', GDCh) is a learned society and professional association founded in 1949 to represent the interests of German chemists in local, national and international contexts. GDCh "brings together people working in che ...

* German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry * Association of Greek Chemists *

Hungarian Chemical Society The Hungarian Chemical Society ( hu, Magyar Kémikusok Egyesülete) was founded in 1907. It is a voluntary society of more than 2,000 members which aims to provide a forum for those interested in chemistry and promote chemistry in Hungary ...

Institute of Chemistry of Ireland The Institute of Chemistry of Ireland (ICI) is a society representing chemists in the Republic of Ireland. It is led by Celine Marmion, a Professor of Chemistry at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. History The first meeting was held on 15 ...

* Israel Chemical Society * Italian Chemical Society * Lithuanian Chemical Society * Association of Luxembourgish Chemists * Society of Chemists and Technologists of Macedonia * Chemical Society of Montenegro * Royal Dutch Chemical Society * Norwegian Chemical Society *

Polish Chemical Society The Polish Chemical Society ( pl, Polskie Towarzystwo Chemiczne, PTCHEM) is a professional scientific society of Polish chemists. History The society was founded of 118 Charter Members on 29 June 1919 on the initiative of Leon Marchlewski, Sta ...

* Portuguese Chemical Society * Portuguese Electrochemical Society * Romanian Chemical Society * Mendeleev Russian Chemical Society * Russian Scientific Council on Analytical Chemistry * Serbian Chemical Society * Slovak Chemical Society * Slovenian Chemical Society * Royal Spanish Chemical Society * Spanish Society of Analytical Chemistry (SEQA) * Asociación Nacional de Químicos de España (ANQUE) – ANQUE * Catalan Chemical Society *

Swedish Chemical Society The Swedish Chemical Society () was established in 1883 and is a nonprofit organisation to promote the development of chemistry in Sweden. The society is based on Wallingatan, Stockholm Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Swede ...

* Swiss Chemical Society * Turkish Chemical Society *

Royal Society of Chemistry The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society (professional association) in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences". It was formed in 1980 from the amalgamation of the Chemical Society, the Royal Instit ...

Supporting members: * European Nanoporous Materials Institute of Excellence (ENMIX) * European Chemistry Thematic Network Association (ECTN) * European Federation of Managerial Staff in the Chemical and Allied Industries (FECCIA) * European Research Institute of Catalysis (ERIC) * European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC) * International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Centre (ISC3) * ChemPubSoc Europe * Italian National Research Council (CNR)