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Regulations of the KNCV Van Arkel Prize

General considerations
1.	The KNCV Van Arkel Prize for Inorganic and Physical Chemistry is granted by the board of the KNCV once every two years on the basis of the recommendation made by the selection committee on behalf of the KNCV section Soft Matter.
2.	The prize consists of a sum of money amounting to € 2500 and a certificate.

Selection committee
3.	Members of the selection committee are nominated by the board of the KNCV section Soft Matter.
4.	The selection committee consists of a chairperson and at least two members who are active in the scientific field.
5.	The selection committee chooses one of its own members as its chairperson.
6.	Members of the selection committee are nominated for a duration of four years, with a possible extension of four years.
7.	The selection committee evaluates the submitted nominations according to the criteria formulated here under the heading “criteria”.
8.	The selection committee will keep its work confidential to the extent that it concerns the names of candidates

Eligible candidates
9.	Eligible for the prize are Dutch and non-Dutch researchers who defended a PhD thesis in the field of inorganic or physical chemistry at a Dutch university or who wrote (a series of) scientific publications of comparable importance in the field of inorganic or physical chemistry.
10.	Candidacy is also open to researchers who work in industrial research and development. Confidential industrial information should be removed from the submitted dossier, if necessary in consultation with the selection committee.
11.	Eligible for the KNCV Van Arkel Prize are candidates who performed their work before reaching 35 years of age.

Candidacy

12.

The board of the section Soft Matter invites all KNCV members to submit nominations. A nomination should include:

a written list of arguments why the candidate should be considered for the prize;
a curriculum vitae of the candidate;
an electronic copy of the candidate’s work.

Criteria

13.

Possible evaluation criteria include:

significance of the research for the development of the field of inorganic and physical chemistry in the broadest sense of the words;
originality, quality, and impact of the research;
quality of publications and patent applications;
independent contributions and independence of the candidate in the design and performance of the research;
insight into the problems of the scientific field.

Procedure
14.	Via a transparent and balanced process, the selection committee establishes a ranking of the candidates.
15.	The selection committee selects the top three candidates.
16.	The selection committee can ask external experts to provide their evaluation of the work of the three top candidates; these external experts should be people who can be expected to be familiar with the work of young Dutch chemists. The experts provide their advice in written form, including documentation, for instance publications.
17.	The selection committee decides by a majority vote which candidate to recommend for the prize and provides its advice in written form to the board of the KNCV, on behalf of the board of the section Soft Matter. This advice should be accompanied by the materials upon which the advice is based. A short evaluation is given of each candidate, and arguments are given explaining why the recommended winner is preferred over the other candidates, on the basis of the earlier formulated criteria. If the board of the section Soft Matter does not recommend a winner, the prize is not awarded for the period of two years under consideration.
18.	The board of the KNCV follows the advice of the committee, except if there are substantial reasons not to do so. In that case, the board of the KNCV will clarify why they will not follow the advice. If the board of the section Soft Matter objects, the prize will not be awarded.
19.	Announcement of the winner, notification of the people who nominated candidates, award ceremony, publication of an explanatory statement and other actions will occur according to the action plan “draaiboek KNCV Van Arkelprijs”
20.	The chairperson of the selection committee writes an explanatory statement for the selection of the winner, and the board of the KNCV must authorize this statement at least one month before the award ceremony.
21.	The award ceremony occurs at a meeting of the section Soft Matter.
22.	In all cases not foreseen by these regulations, the board of the KNCV decides.