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Award at a Glance
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Bert Weckhuysen awarded the Inaugural Chemistry Europe Award (theme for 2023 was Sustainability, Energy, Materials, Environment)
Stefan Grimme awarded the 2025 Chemistry Europe Award (theme for 2025 was Theoretical/Computational Chemistry)
| Description |
With the Chemistry Europe Award, Chemistry Europe honors every two years scientists who have made outstanding contributions in a field of chemistry. The topic of the award is determined by the Chemistry Europe Council. This new prize was awarded for the first time in 2023 in the field of chemistry for sustainability, energy, materials, and the environment.
The Chemistry Europe Award is endowed with prize money amounting to EUR 10,000 and a certificate.
The first time the award honored Bert Weckhuysen, Professor at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, and was presented at the 49th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress in The Hague, the Netherlands, in 2023.
The second Chemistry Europe Award honored Stefan Grimme, Professor at University of Bonn, Germany, and will be presented at the 50th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress (IUPAC 2025) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2025.
| Eligibility |
Nominees for the Chemistry Europe Award should be scientists who have made major contributions to an area of chemistry and significantly advanced our understanding of a particular field.
The Chemistry Europe Award will be granted regardless of race, gender, age, religion, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, presence of disabilities, and educational background. The prize may be awarded not only to members of the Chemistry Europe societies but also to non-members and representatives of any nation. Chemistry Europe Representatives are ineligible to receive this award.
| Nomination Deadline |
closed November 3, 2024
nomination for Chemistry Europe Award 2027 will open in May 2026
| Nomination |
A nomination (max three pages) shall include:
- Nomination letter
- Nominee’s CV (including five key publications; with citations, without attaching the full texts)
The nomination letter should give details of the nominee’s contribution(s) to the field and describe any major achievements, including also evidence of international recognition as well as honors and awards.
There is no requirement for the nominator to be a member of a Chemistry Europe society. Nominators should take diversity in all its forms into consideration when making the nomination. Self-nominations are not accepted.
| Selection Process |
An international award committee, consisting of Advisory Board Members of Chemistry Europe journals, evaluates the nominees and advises the Chemistry Europe Representatives on the decision who will receive the Chemistry Europe Award.
Contact
Dr. Vera Koester ([email protected])