ACS Award for Creative Invention
Sponsor: ACS Corporation Associates
Purpose: To recognize a single inventor for the successful application of research in chemistry and/or chemical engineering that contributes to the material prosperity and happiness of people.
Nature: The award consists of $5,000 and a certificate. Up to $1,000 for travel expenses to the meeting at which the award will be presented will be reimbursed.
Eligibility: The award will be granted regardless of race, gender, age, religion, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, presence of disabilities, and educational background. A patent must have been granted for the work to be recognized, with the nominee listed as an inventor, and it will have been developed during the 17 years ending January 1, 2020. A copy of the patent must be submitted with the nominating documents.
Deadline: November 1 (annual review).
Establishment & Support: ACS Corporation Associates began sponsoring the award in 1975. The award was established in 1966 by the ACS Board of Directors through the efforts of the ACS Joint Board Council Committee on Patent Matters and Related Legislation.
Contact Information
Awards Office
American Chemical Society
1155 16th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036-4801
Phone: 202-872-4575
Fax: 202-776-8008
awards@acs.org
Recipient
2021: Scott R. Culler
2020: Anil Kumar
2019: Jonathan L. Vennerstrom
2018: Robert S. Kania
2017: Richard B. Silverman
2016: Antonio Facchetti
2015: Jotham W. Coe
2014: Marvin H. Caruthers
2013: Timothy M. Swager
2012: Chad A. Mirkin
2011: Jeffrey C. Bricker
2010: David Walt
2009: Robert H. Grubbs
2008: Adam Heller
2007: Bruce Ganem
2006: Alan Davison
2005: Joseph M. DeSimone
2004: Andrew J. Ouderkirk
2003: Bruce D. Roth
2002: Roger Y. Tsien
2001: John D. Baldeschwieler
2000: Tamotsu Imai
1999: Bruce D. Dorsey, James P. Guare, Jr., M. Katharine Holloway, Randall W. Hungate, and Joseph P. Vacca
1998: Spencer F. Silver
1997: Rangaswamy Srinivasan
1996: Lothar H. Brixner
1995: Marinus Los
1994: Howard W. Jacobson
1993: Albert A. Carr
1992: David W. Cushman and Miguel A. Ondetti
1991: Frederick J. Karol
1990: C. F. Hammer
1989: George Levitt
1988: Samuel Smith
1987: Robert M. Morin
1986: Alfred Marzocchi
1985: Ralph Milkovich
1984: Edwin P. Plueddemann
1983: O.A. Battista
1982: William S. Knowles
1981: Roy L. Pruett
1980: Stephanie L. Kwolek
1979: Leo H. Sternbach
1978: LeGrand G. Van Uitert
1977: Herman A. Bruson
1976: Manuel M. Baizer
1975: James D. Idol, Jr.
1974: Charles C. Price
1973: Carl Djerassi
1972: H. Tracy Hall
1971: S. Donald Stookey
1970: Gordon K. Teal
1969: J. Paul Hogan
1968: William G. Pfann
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