Call For Nominations: 2026 JACS Au Early Career Advisory Board

JACS Au aspires to be a premier gold open access journal covering the full breadth of chemistry and allied fields. To this end, we seek advice and counsel from researchers and educators from all over the world, and at all career stages. Since 2021, JACS Au has appointed an Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) which has served as a key source of advice, counsel, and perspective from early career researchers covering the full breadth of chemistry and allied disciplines.

JACS Au is now seeking nominations for the 2026 edition of the Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB). Members of the ECAB will play a crucial role in shaping the evolution and growth of the journal. Members will serve as a key source of advice, counsel, and perspective from early career researchers covering the full breadth of chemistry and allied disciplines. They will provide input on journal strategy and outreach efforts and act as ambassadors, building upon its success to date and helping to drive it forward toward its goal to be a premier open access multidisciplinary journal.

Eligibility

We welcome nominations from early career faculty (or equivalent) working in academia, industry, at National Laboratories, or at research institutions who are within 3-10 years since earning their PhD degree. Postdoctoral researchers are unfortunately not eligible.

Application Information

Both self-nominations and nominations by a colleague or mentor are welcome and we would encourage statements of nomination describing why the nominee would be an excellent candidate for the ECAB. Those who are selected for the JACS Au Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) will be notified by email.

We look forward to welcoming the next generation of emerging scholars as ECAB members of JACS Au in 2026. The initial term will be one year starting in June, during which the editorial team will seek guidance from them and our ECAB members are also encouraged to contribute to the journal through author and reviewing activity as well as suggestions for journal initiatives such as Collections or Special Issues. Members will meet with the editorial team and attend at least one virtual ECAB meeting following their appointment.

Another key responsibility of the ECAB is their contribution to our ECAB Selects program. Each quarter, our ECAB members highlight recent noteworthy papers from their respective fields that merit additional attention, which are collected and presented on a dedicated landing page and highlighted through ACS Publications’ social media accounts. This pool of papers is collected over the course of a year and makes up the nominations for our annual JACS Au Outstanding Paper Award.

Please submit your nomination by May 22, 2026.