Announcement of the Tanabe Prize The Acid Base Catalysis Group hereby invites nominations for the Kozo Tanabe Prize. The Kozo Tanabe Prize for Acid Base Catalysis is sponsored by the International Acid- Base Catalysis (ABC) Group* and a selected private company. It honors the legacy and accomplishments of Professor Kozo Tanabe, who pioneered many of the modern concepts in Catalytic Chemistry of acids and bases. The prize is administered by the ABC Group* and will be presented at the 7th International Symposium on Acid-Base Catalysis (ABC-7), to be held in 2013 in Tokyo. The award consists of a plaque, an honorarium, and travel expenses to attend the meeting and present a plenary lecture. The Tanabe Prize recognizes substantial contributions to the field of acid and/or base catalysis. It may be presented to an individual of any stage of her/his career for significant contributions to the area within the ten years preceding the date of the award. Self nominations are not accepted. The nomination package must include the nomination sheet, a list of publications and patents (2003-2013), a list of plenary and keynote lectures, a curriculum vitae and two letters of recommendation. The nomination packages should be sent via email as a single PDF file titled “Name of Nominee Tanabe Prize Nomination 2013” no later than August 31, 2012 to the Tanabe Prize committee**. (Coordinator: Nadine Essayem, University of LYON-CNRS, France, Email: [email protected]). *ABC group: Asia, Australia, New Zealand: Professor HATTORI Hideshi, Hokkaido Univ. Japan Professor PARK Sang-Eun, Inha Univ, Korea Professor HARA Michikazu, Tokyo Inst. Techn., Japan Professor TATSUM Takashi, Tokyo Inst. Techn., Japan **Professor XU Bo-Qing, Tsinghua Univ., Biejing, China Americas: Professor APESTEGUIA Carlos, Santa Fe, Argentina Professor DAVIS Robert J., Univ. Virginia, USA **Professor IGLESIA Enrique,Univ. California at Berkeley, USA Professor JENTOFT Friederike C.,Univ. Oklahoma, Norman, USA Professor MOTA de ARAUJO Claudio,Univ.Fed. Rio, Br Dr. SOLED Stuart, ExxonMobil, Allendale, USA Europe: Professor BUSCA Guido, Univ. Genova, Italy Professor CORMA Avelino, Valencia, Spain Professor De JONG Krijn,Univ. Utrecht, Netherlands **Dr. ESSAYEM Nadine, Univ. Lyon-CNRS, France Professor HÖLDERICH Wolfgang, Univ. Aachen, Germany Professor IVANOVA, State Univ. Moskva, Russia Professor JACKSON David, Univ. Glasgow, United Kingdom Professor LERCHER Johannes A., TU München, Germany Dr. MEIMA Garry, Dow Chemicals, Netherlands Professor OLSBYE Unni, Univ. Oslo, Norway .