ACS Award in Industrial Chemistry

Sponsor: The ACS Division of Business Development and Management and the Society of Chemical Manufactures and Affiliates, Inc. (SOCMA)

Purpose: To recognize outstanding contributions to chemical research in the industrial context. Significant creative contribution to chemistry in any field of chemical, chemical engineering, pharmaceutical, or biochemical research is appropriate.

Nature: The award consists of $5,000 and a certificate. Up to $2,500 for travel expenses to the meeting at which the award will be presented will be reimbursed. The ACS Division of Business Development and Management will be the organizational partner with the ACS division in which the recipient has a primary focus and will program the award address at the spring national meeting.

Deadline: November 1 (annual review).

Eligibility: Any chemical researcher whose primary employer was industrial when the work was done and who was based in North America is eligible.

Establishment & Support: The ACS Division of Business Development and Management began sponsoring the award in 2003 and began a partnership with the Society of Chemical Manufactures and Affiliates, Inc. (SOCMA) in 2007 to co-sponsor the award. The ACS financed the award in 2001 and 2002. Akzo Chemicals, Inc. established the award in 1989 and sponsored it until 2000.

Nomination forms

Contact Information

Awards Office
American Chemical Society
1155 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036-4801
Phone: (202) 872-4408
Fax: (202) 776-8008
awards@acs.org

Recipient

2009 George G.I. Moore

2008 Timothy J. Wallington

2007 Margaret M. Wu

2006 James C. Stevens

2005 Edwin A. Chandross

2004 Joseph C. Salamone

2003 Bruce E. Maryanoff

2002 Bipin V. Vora

2001 Paul S. Anderson

2000 Guido Sartori

1999 Madan M. Bhasin

1998 William C. Drinkard, Jr.

1997 Robert M. Sydansk

1996 Gordon W. Calundann

1995 Lynn H. Slaugh

1994 Marion D. Francis

1993 Larry F. Thompson

1992 David R. Bryant

1991 James F. Roth