Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry
Sponsor: Organic Reactions, Inc. and Organic Syntheses, Inc.
Purpose: To recognize and encourage outstanding contributions to research in organic chemistry.
Nature: The award consists of a medallion and a replica, a certificate, and $25,000. The award is presented biennially in odd-numbered years at the ACS national meeting. The recipient will deliver a lecture at the Biennial National Organic Chemistry Symposium of the ACS National Meeting and Symposium. Travel expenses to the symposium 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.
Deadline: November 1 (biennial review).
Establishment & Support: Established in 1959 by Organic Syntheses, Inc. and Organic Reactions, Inc. Sponsored by Organic Syntheses, Organic Reactions, and the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry.
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 Larry E. Overman
2013 David A. Evans
2011 Robert H. Grubbs
2009 Andrew Streitwieser
2007 Samuel J. Danishefsky
2005 Jerrold Meinwald
2003 Albert Eschenmoser
2001 Ryoji Noyori
1999 Dieter Seebach
1997 K. Barry Sharpless
1995 Barry M. Trost
1993 Elias J. Corey
1991 Gilbert J. Stork
1989 George A. Olah
1987 Jerome A. Berson
1985 Donald J. Cram
1983 A. R. Battersby
1981 Nelson J. Leonard
1979 Melvin S. Newman
1977 William S. Johnson
1975 Rolf Huisgen
1973 Georg Wittig
1971 Herbert C. Brown
1969 Vladimir Prelog
1967 John D. Roberts
1965 Arthur C. Cope
1963 Paul D. Bartlett
1961 Robert B. Woodward
1959 Sir Derek H. R. Barton
