ACS Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences
Purpose: To recognize significant accomplishments by individuals in stimulating students, underrepresented in the profession, to elect careers in the chemical sciences and engineering.
Nature: The award consists of $5,000 and a certificate. A grant of $10,000 will be made to an academic institution, designated by the recipient, to strengthen its activities in meeting the objectives of the award. Up to $1,500 for travel expenses to the meeting at which the award will be presented will be reimbursed.
Eligibility: Nominees for the award may come from any professional setting: academia, industry, government, or other independent facility. The award is intended to recognize significant accomplishments in the United States by individuals in stimulating students, especially those currently underrepresented in the profession, to elect careers in the chemical sciences and engineering, and in generating a broader appreciation of chemistry as the central science. 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.
Deadline: November 1 (annual review).
Establishment & Support: The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. established the award in 1993.
Contact Information
Awards Office
American Chemical Society
1155 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036-4801
Phone: (202) 872-4575
Fax: (202) 776-8008
awards@acs.org
Recipient
2016 Luis A. Colón
2015 Catherine H. Middlecamp
2014 Rigoberto Hernandez
2013 George H. Fisher
2012 Todd Pagano
2011 Wilfredo Colón
2010 Robert L. Lichter
2009 Shirley McBay
2008 Susan V. Olesik
2007 Robyn E. Hannigan
2006 Susan R. Fahrenholtz
2005 Jeannette E. Brown
2004 Zaida C. Morales-Martinez
2003 Isiah M. Warner
2002 James P. Shoffner
2001 Carlos G. Gutierrez
2000 Slayton A. Evans, Jr.
1999 Ajay K. Bose
1998 Zafra Lerman
1997 Billy Joe Evans
1996 Samuel P. Massie
1995 Henry C. McBay
