The ACPA “Service to the Profession” Award was established in 2004. This award recognizes an individual’s outstanding service to the Chemical Profession in Alberta. The recipient of the award receives a plaque and complimentary membership for life, subject to the recipient’s continued qualification for Profession Chemist status.

The award is named in honour of Frank Bachelor, Ph.D., P.Chem., who was a founding member of the ACPA and its first president. Frank served on the ACPA Board of Directors for 12 years and is still involved as the Chair of the Registration Committee. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Frank earned his Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Bachelor was a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Calgary from 1963 to 1989. More >

The ACPA Undergraduate Scholarship in Chemistry, in the amount of $1000, is awarded annually to a deserving student who is registered in a full time undergraduate chemistry program at a university in the province of Alberta. More >

As an ongoing tribute to Arthur Bollo-Kamara, Ph.D., P.Chem., and the work he conducted on behalf of chemists in this province, the ACPA has established the Arthur Bollo-Kamara Scholarship. The scholarship, in the amount of $1000, is awarded annually to a deserving student who is registered in a graduate chemistry program at a university in the province of Alberta. Arthur Bollo-Kamara was a chemist, but he was also active in promoting the chemical profession and participating in the arts and culture of his native country. More >

For many years now, the ACPA has sponsored an award in chemistry at the Edmonton_Regional_Science_Fair and at the Calgary_Youth_Science_Fair. The Canadian_Crude_Quality_Technical_Association (CCQTA) wished to sponsor a similar prize in chemistry in memory of Rick Dillen, who was their Treasurer for many years and who recently passed away. The ACPA has agreed to look after the ongoing administration of this prize, which will be for junior level projects (Grades 7 and 8) and will be called the "ACPA Rick Dillen Memorial Award, sponsored by the Canadian Crude Quality Technical Association."

Our original ACPA award at both science fairs has been re-named the "ACPA Alberta Chemist Award, sponsored by the Association for the Chemical Profession of Alberta." All science fair grade levels will be eligible for this ACPA Alberta Chemist Award, but no project can receive this award and another major award in chemistry: we wish to reward as many students as possible for excellent work in chemistry.