E. B. Hershberg Award for Important Discoveries in Medicinally Active Substances
Sponsor: Merck Research Laboratories
Purpose: To recognize and encourage outstanding discoveries in the chemistry of medicinally active substances. The discovery for which the award is given should have been made during the last two decades.
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. The award is presented biennially in odd-numbered years.
Eligibility: The award will be granted for outstanding discoveries and/or developments in the chemistry of medicinally active substances, regardless of race, gender, age, religion, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, presence of disabilities, and educational background.
Deadline: November 1 (biennial review).
Establishment & Support: The award was established in 1988 by Merck Research Laboratories (formerly Schering-Plough Research Institute) to honor the contributions of Emanuel B. Hershberg to the pharmaceutical industry, especially the application of organic chemistry for the discovery and development of novel drugs.
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
2015 Ruth R. Wexler
2013 Bruce E. Maryanoff
2011 Richard B. Silverman
2009 Choung Un Kim
2007 John A. Katzenellenbogen
2005 Christopher A. Lipinski
2003 A.K. Ganguly
2001 Iwao Ojima
1999 John J. Baldwin
1997 Simon F. Campbell
1995 Paul S. Anderson
1993 Arthur A. Patchett
1991 George deStevens
