Please find links to awards accepting nominations listed below
Carl-Duisberg-Gedächtnispreis
The Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh; German Chemical Society) prize recognizes outstanding junior faculty members in the chemical sciences. The award is bestowed upon someone who is active in a German university or who as a German is active in a university or research institution abroad. The nominee should not be older than 40 or already hold a W2/W3 professorship or a similar position. The prize is endowed with € 5,000 for the recipient and € 2,500 for the recipient’s research group.
◷ Due date for nominations: October 1, 2022; via the website www.gdch.de/nominations
Carl-Roth-Förderpreis
Sponsored by the Carl Roth GmbH + Co. KG
The Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh; German Chemical Society) prize addresses the younger generation of Molecular Scientists and is awarded for outstanding contributions in the fields of resource-friendly synthesis or innovative application of chemicals. The graduation date (diploma or master) must not date back further than five years by the deadline October 1, 2022. The value of the award is € 5,000. In addition the group of the award winner is granted a € 3,000 voucher for items from the Carl Roth catalogue.
◷ Due date for application/nominations: October 1, 2022; via the website www.gdch.de/nominations
Fresenius Award
The Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh; German Chemical Society) prize recognizes special contributions in the field of analytical chemistry. The award consists of a medal and is endowed with € 7,500.
◷ Due date for nominations: October 1, 2022; via the website www.gdch.de/nominations
Wöhler Prize for Sustainable Chemistry
The Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh; German Chemical Society) prize recognizes special contributions in the field of sustainable chemistry. The award is endowed with € 7,500.
◷ Due date for nominations: October 1, 2022; via the website www.gdch.de/nominations
Wilhelm-Klemm Prize
The Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh; German Chemical Society) prize recognizes special contributions in the field of inorganic chemistry. The award consists of a medal and is endowed with € 7,500.
◷ Due date for nominations: October 1, 2022; via the website www.gdch.de/nominations
Hildegard-Hamm-Brücher Prize
The Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh; German Chemical Society) prize honors exemplary behavior in promoting more equal opportunities in chemistry. Individuals, teams, groups or organizations who are committed to or have committed themselves to equal opportunities with innovative projects are to be recognized. The award is endowed with € 7,500.
◷ Due date for nominations: October 1, 2022; via the website www.gdch.de/nominations
Adolf-von-Baeyer-Denkmünze
The Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh; German Chemical Society) prize recognizes special contributions in the field of organic chemistry. The award consists of a medal and is endowed with € 7,500.
◷ Due date for nominations: October 1, 2022; via the website www.gdch.de/nominations
European Inventor Award 2023
The European Patent Office (EPO) award recognizes technological breakthroughs and underlines the role that inventors play in building a smarter, more sustainable world. There are six categories:
- Industry (To outstanding and successful inventors whose inventions have been patented by large European companies)
- Research (To pioneering inventors working at universities or research institutes)
- Non-EPO countries (To outstanding inventors from outside the EPO’s 38 member states who have been granted a European patent)
- SMEs (To exceptional inventors at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs))
Lifetime achievement (Honoring the incredible, long-term contribution of a European inventor over the span of their entire career) - Young Inventors prize (Recognizes initiatives that use technology to address a sustainability issue. This global prize is open to all innovators up to the age of 30)
◷ Due date for nominations: October 3, 2022; via the website https://nominate.epo.org/
ICS Gold Medal
The Israel Chemical Society (ICS) award is the highest recognition awarded by the ICS to Israeli citizens who have demonstrated outstanding contributions to chemistry worldwide.
◷ Due date for nominations: October 31, 2022
Due dates for nominations for all ICS national awards: October 31, 2022
Chemistry Europe Award
This new Chemistry Europe award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of chemistry for sustainability, energy, materials, and the environment. The award consists of EUR 10,000 in prize money and a certificate and will be awarded at the IUPAC World Chemistry Congress in 2023.
◷ Due date for nominations: November 1, 2022
Priestley Medal
The American Chemical Society (ACS) award recognizes distinguished services to chemistry. The medal may be awarded not only to members of the Society, but also to non-members and to representatives of any nation. The award consists of a gold medallion designed to commemorate the work of Joseph Priestley.
◷ Due date for nominations: November 1, 2022
Due dates for nominations for all ACS National Awards: November 1, 2022
Macromolecular Rapid Communications Junior Researcher Award
The award recognizes innovative polymer scientists at the beginning of their independent career. It is given to outstanding young scientists exploring exciting new fields in chemistry, physics, and application of polymer systems. Eligible for the award are junior group leaders in Germany who do not hold a permanent position at the time of the nomination. The award consists of a 500 € prize, a presentation at the Macromolecular Colloquium in Freiburg, Germany (including travel grant up to 500 €), and the invitation to contribute an article featuring the awardee’s work to Macromolecular Rapid Communications.
◷ Due date for nominations: November 30, 2022
EuChemS Gold Medal
The European Chemical Society (EuChemS) award recognizes exceptional achievements of one scientist working in the field of Chemistry in Europe. The nominee should be based in a country with a EuChemS member organisation at the time of the nomination. The winner will receive a commemorative gold medal and will give the opening lecture at the next European EuChemS Chemistry (EuChemS) Congress (ECC).
◷ Due date for nominations: December 19, 2022
EuChemS Awards for Service
The European Chemical Society (EuChemS) award recognizes outstanding commitment with regard to fostering chemistry and molecular sciences in Europe, and the goals of EuChemS. Place and date for the award ceremony are agreed with the awardee.
◷ Due date for nominations: December 19, 2022
EuChemS Lecture Award
The European Chemical Society (EuChemS) award recognizes major achievements of one junior scientist working in Chemistry in a country with a EuChemS member organisation. The nominee should be based in a country with a EuChemS member organisation at the time of the nomination. The winner will receive a commemorative statuette and a certificate and will give a pleanary lecture at the next European EuChemS Chemistry (EuChemS) Congress (ECC).
◷ Due date for nominations: December 19, 2022
EurJIC-Wöhler Young Investigator Prize 2023
The award of the Wöhler Vereinigung für Anorganische Chemie (Wöhler Association for Inorganic Chemistry), a division of the GDCh (German Chemical Society), and the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (EurJIC) honors a young scientist of any nationality who has completed a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in chemistry for an excellent scientific publication in a field within inorganic chemistry. The selected paper, in which the candidate appears as correspondence author, should have been published within two years before the nomination. The nominee will be an independent researcher, but not yet in an established academic or industrial position. Eligible for nomination are researchers in industry or academia with responsibility in an appropriate field. The prize is endowed with EUR 1500 and a lecture on their research at the Symposium “Highlights in Inorganic Chemistry” of the GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2023. In continuation of the tradition of the past years, Chemistry Europe will be financing the sixth biennial EurJIC–Wöhler Young Investigator Prize in 2023.
◷ Due date for nominations: March 30, 2023
E-mail to Nicole Bürger, GDCh: [email protected]
Future Insight™ Prize 2023
Sponsored by Merck KGaA
The award aims to stimulate innovative solutions to solve some of humanities greatest problems and to realize the dreams for a better tomorrow in the areas of health, nutrition, and energy. The EUR 1,000,000 prize is being awarded in 2023 to pioneers in the topic early pandemic warning system.
◷ Due date for nominations: not yet announced
Paracelsus Prize
The Swiss Chemical Society (SCS) award recognizes outstanding scientific research in the field of chemistry at an international level. Winners are chosen irrespective of nationality. SCS membership is not a requirement. The prize consists of CHF 20’000 and a medal in gold.
◷ Due date for nominations and applications: September 30, 2023
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