Honored Membership
Honored status for the outstanding contributions to the liquid crystal community.
Eligibility
- Senior researchers who are still active in the field may be nominated for Honored Membership in recognition of their contributions to the Society. These may be purely scientific, although a combination of scientific work and service to the ILCS and the community (scientific and public) is preferred.
- Nominees for Honored Membership must be Members of the Society.
- There will be at most one Honored Membership conferred at the biennial ILCC.
The Award
- The honored Member will receive a framed certificate from the Society with a citation of their achievements during the awards session.
- The honored Member will be exempt from paying annual membership dues and registration fees for International Liquid Crystal Conferences. There will be no other financial award.
- The new Honored Member and all current Honored Members are invited to the ILCC Awards Dinner and Conference Banquet.
Nomination Procedures
- Submission materials for Honored Membership nominations include a letter of nomination (at most 5 pages), and seconding letters (at most 3).
- Nomination materials should be submitted by the 15th of March of the year of the ILCC at which the Award will be given.
- All nomination materials should be submitted using the on-line Submission Form.
- Incomplete nominations may be returned/rejected without consideration.