ACS National Award Sponsors

The ACS is honored to partner with the following organizations to recognize and celebrate the achievements of scientists throughout the chemistry community.

Current Award Sponsors

Sponsor Award Name
ACS Priestley Medal 
ACS James T. Grady - James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public
ACS Charles Lathrop Parsons Award 
ACS Award for Volunteer Service to the American Chemical Society
ACS Corporation Associates ACS Award for Creative Invention
ACS Corporation Associates ACS Award for Team Innovation
ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry 
ACS Division of Computers in Chemistry ACS Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research 
ACS Division of Fluorine Chemistry ACS Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry
ACS Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry ACS Award in Industrial Chemistry
ACS Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry
ACS Division of Physical Chemistry ACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry 
ACS Division of Physical Chemistry E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy 
Aerodyne Research and the ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology
Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity and the Alpha Chi Sigma Educational Foundation ACS Award in Pure Chemistry
Avantor  Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry 
Colgate-Palmolive Company ACS Award in Colloid Chemistry 
Dow Earle B. Barnes Award for Leadership in Chemical Research Management 
Dow Frederic Stanley Kipping Award in Silicon Chemistry
Dow ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. ACS Award for Encouraging Underrepresented and Economically Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences
DuPont ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials 
Eastman Chemical Company ACS Award in Applied Polymer Science 
ExxonMobil Chemical Company ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 
Gilead Sciences Inc. Alfred Burger Award in Medicinal Chemistry
Givaudan Flavours Corporation Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products
The Journal of Chemical Physics and the ACS Division of Physical Chemistry Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics 
Merck Research Laboratories E. B. Hershberg Award for Important Discoveries in Medicinally Active Substances
Merck Research Laboratories Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry 
MilliporeSigma (a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry 
MilliporeSigma (a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry
MilliporeSigma ACS Award in Chromatography 
Organic Reactions, Inc. and Organic Syntheses, Inc. Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry 
Phi Lambda Upsilon National Fresenius Award 
The Procter & Gamble Company ACS Award in Surface Chemistry 
Research Corporation for Science Advancement ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution 
Strem Chemicals, part of Ascensus Specialties ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry 
Waters Corporation Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry 

The ACS is grateful to the following endowment donors whose generosity will bring recognition and prestige to generations of outstanding chemists.

Endowment Donors

Endowment Donor Endowed Award Name
ACS Division of Energy and Fuels Henry H. Storch Award in Energy Chemistry 
ACS Division of Physical Chemistry and friends and colleagues of E. Bright Wilson E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy 
ACS Exams Institute ACS Award for Achievement in Research for the Teaching and Learning of Chemistry
ACS Northeastern Section James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry
Alfred R. Bader  Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic Chemistry
Ronald Breslow, friends and colleagues of  Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry 
Arthur C. Cope Arthur C. Cope Award 
Arthur C. Cope Arthur C. Cope Scholars Awards
F. Albert Cotton  F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry
Francis P. Garvan and the Olin Corporation Charitable Trust Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal 
Harry Gray, and friends and colleagues of Harry Gray Award for Creative Work in Inorganic Chemistry by a Young Investigator
Kathryn C. Hach  Kathryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success 
M. Frederick Hawthorne, UCLA and friends and colleagues of M. Frederick Hawthorne Award in Main Group Inorganic Chemistry  
Vladimir N. and Barbara Ipatief Ipatieff Prize
The Journal of Chemical Education and ChemEd X James Bryant Conant Award in High School Chemistry Teaching
Josef Michl Josef Michl ACS Award in Photochemistry 
Koji Nakanishi, friends and colleagues of Nakanishi Prize 
Newport Corporation  Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science and Technology 
Pfizer, Inc. Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator 
Purdue Borane Research Fund and others Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods
Rohm and Haas ACS Award for Affordable Green Chemistry
Morris S. Smith Foundation and the Dow Chemical Company  George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry
Gabor A. and Judith K. Somorjai  Gabor A. Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis