Awards by Title
- 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 Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry
- ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
- 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
- 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
- Earle B. Barnes Award for Leadership in Chemical Research Management
- 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)
- Ipatieff Prize (Presented Triennially)
- 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)
- E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
- 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)
- George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education
- Priestley Medal
- 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 2025 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.
The nomination period for the 2025 National Awards closed on November 1, 2023. The winners will be announced in August 2024 in Chemical & Engineering News.
