ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry
Purpose: To recognize and encourage fundamental research in the field of inorganic chemistry.
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.
Eligibility: A nominee must have accomplished outstanding research in the preparation, properties, reactions, or structure of inorganic substances. Special consideration will be given to independence of thought and originality. 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: MilliporeSigma (a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), formerly Aldrich Chemical Company LLC, began sponsoring the award in 1998. Monsanto Co. sponsored the award from 1976 to 1997. The award was established in 1960 by Texas Instruments, Inc. No award was given in 1977.
Contact Information
Awards Office
American Chemical Society
1155 16th St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20036-4801
Phone: 202-872-4575
Fax: 202-776-8008
awards@acs.org
Recipient
2020 Catherine J. Murphy
2019 George Christou
2018 James M. Mayer
2017 Lawrence Que, Jr.
2016 Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
2015 John T. Groves
2014 Guy Bertrand
2013 Daniel L. DuBois
2012 Clifford P. Kubiak
2011 Robert J. Cava
2010 Donald J. Darensbourg
2009 Daniel G. Nocera
2008 Kenneth N. Raymond
2007 Sheldon G. Shore
2006 Karl E. Wieghardt
2005 William J. Evans
2004 Herbert W. Roesky
2003 Karl O. Christe
2002 Thomas B. Rauchfuss
2001 Edward I. Solomon
2000 Edward I. Stiefel
1999 Richard D. Adams
1998 Brice Bosnich
1997 James L. Dye
1996 Richard R. Schrock
1995 Guido Pez
1994 Tobin J. Marks
1993 Gregory J. Kubas
1992 Walter G. Klemperer
1991 R. Bruce King
1990 Thomas J. Meyer
1989 Malcolm H. Chisholm
1988 Mark S. Wrighton
1987 Stephen J. Lippard
1986 John D. Corbett
1985 F. G. A. Stone
1984 Malcolm L. H. Green
1983 George W. Parshall
1982 Roald Hoffmann
1981 Henry Taube
1980 Alan M. Sargeson
1979 James A. Ibers
1978 Harry B. Gray
1976 Richard H. Holm
1975 James P. Collman
1974 Lawrence F. Dahl
1973 M. Frederick Hawthorne
1972 Theodore L. Brown
1971 Jack Lewis
1970 Neil Bartlett
1969 Russell S. Drago
1968 Jack Halpern
1967 John L. Margrave
1966 Geoffrey Wilkinson
1965 Earl L. Muetterties
1964 Fred Basolo
1963 Daryle H. Busch
1962 F. Albert Cotton