The International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) is pleased to announce that the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) is again sponsoring three Poster Prizes in chemical crystallography, to be awarded at the XXI Congress and General Assembly in Osaka, Japan.

The Poster Prizes are restricted to younger scientists as defined below. Each CCDC Poster Prize will comprise a commemorative item and a monetary prize of 350 Euros.

Posters should report original research in:

- Chemical crystallography, including advances in instrumental, experimental or computational techniques or,

- Applications of small-molecule crystallographic information in, e.g., structural chemistry, molecular modelling, materials design, structural biology or chemical informatics.

Candidates should not be more than 35 years of age on the 1st January 2008.

Eligible posters should be identified by a ‘CCDC’ sticker which should be attached to TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER of the poster. Stickers will be available from the CCDC Stand in the Exhibition Hall.

The IUCr will establish a panel of judges to assess posters. Prizes will be presented in public at the IUCr.