ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
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The ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry recognizes chemists for inventive work in synthesis, honoring advances in reactions, catalysts, selective methods, and complex molecules.
Funder: Merck KGaA (EMD Group)
Due Dates (Anticipated): November 2026 (application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Not stated
Summary: This ACS award recognizes chemists whose creative work has advanced synthetic organic chemistry.
Key Information: This is a recognition award for achievements in synthesis, not a research grant.
Description
The ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry recognizes chemists whose inventive work has advanced organic synthesis. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, sponsors the award. Honored work spans the synthesis of complex natural and unnatural molecules, new reactions and catalysts, and strategies for selective synthesis.
Recent recipients illustrate that breadth: their contributions include asymmetric synthesis, C–H and C–C bond functionalization, and methods for building complex molecules. The 2025 award recognized Seth B. Herzon for creative synthesis of complex natural products and for applying that work to advance understanding of biology.
