Awards by Title
New for 2026: Any individual may submit one nomination per year per award, as well as one support letter per year per award, unless that individual is a member of the selection committee for the same award or a current member of the ACS Board of Directors.
- ACS Award for Achievement in Research for the Teaching and Learning of Chemistry
- ACS Award for Affordable Green Chemistry
- ACS Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research
- ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology
- ACS Award for Creative Invention
- ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry
- ACS Award for Encouraging Underrepresented and Economically Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences
- ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences
- ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution
- ACS Award for Team Innovation
- ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry
- ACS Award in Colloid Chemistry
- ACS Award in Industrial Chemistry (Presented Biennially in Even-Numbered Years)
- ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry
- ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry
- ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry
- ACS Award in Pure Chemistry
- ACS Award in Surface Chemistry
- ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials
- Now a National Award: ACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry
- Award for Volunteer Service to the American Chemical Society
- Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry (Presented Biennially in Odd-Numbered Years)
- Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic Chemistry
- Alfred Burger Award in Medicinal Chemistry (Presented Biennially in Even-Numbered Years)
- Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry
- Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods
- James Bryant Conant Award in High School Chemistry Teaching
- Arthur C. Cope Award
- Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards
- Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator
- F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry
- Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry
- New Award: David A. Evans Award for the Advancement and Education of Organic Synthesis
- Francis P. Garvan - John M. Olin Medal
- James T. Grady - James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public
- Harry Gray Award for Creative Work in Inorganic Chemistry by a Young Investigator
- Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products
- Kathryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success
- M. Frederick Hawthorne Award in Main Group Inorganic Chemistry
- E.B. Hershberg Award for Important Discoveries in Medicinally Active Substances (Presented Biennially in Odd-Numbered Years)
- Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry (Presented Biennially in Even-Numbered Years)
- Frederic Stanley Kipping Award in Silicon Chemistry (Presented Biennially in Even-Numbered Years)
- Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics (Presented Biennially in Even-Numbered Years)
- Now an Annual Award: Marks-Ipatieff Award in Catalysis
- Nakanishi Prize (Presented Biennially in Odd-Numbered Years)
- Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry
- James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry
- George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry
- Charles Lathrop Parsons Award (Presented Biennially in Odd-Numbered Years)
- Josef Michl ACS Award in Photochemistry (Presented Biennially in Even-Numbered Years)
- New Award: Thomas H. Parliment Award for Advances in Flavor Chemistry
- George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education
- Priestley Medal
- New Award: Dong Qin ACS Award in Nanochemistry
- Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry
- Gabor A. Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis
- Henry H. Storch Award in Energy Chemistry
- E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy (Presented Biennially in Even-Numbered Years)
- Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science and Technology
Nominations for the following awards are not being accepted for the 2026 National Awards cycle due to a lack of funding. If you have information about a possible entity wishing to sponsor one or more of these awards, please contact awards@acs.org.
- ACS Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry
- ACS Award in Applied Polymer Science
- ACS Award in Chromatography
- ACS Award in Separations Science and Technology
- ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
- Earle B. Barnes Award for Leadership in Chemical Research Management
- Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry
- Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquids
- E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
The nomination period for the 2026 National Awards will close on November 1, 2024. The winners will be announced in August 2026 in Chemical & Engineering News.
