ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Chemistry
ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Chemistry recognizes chemistry professionals for research, technologies, and analytical methods that inform environmental decisions or reduce health risks.
Funder: American Chemical Society
Due Dates: August 5, 2026 (2028 nominations open) | December 5, 2026 (Nomination deadline)
Funding Amounts: $5,000 and a certificate, plus up to $2,500 in travel reimbursement
Summary: Recognizes creative environmental chemistry research, technologies, and analytical methods that inform environmental decisions or reduce health risks.
Key Information: Only ACS members are eligible to receive this award; nominators need not be members.
Description
The ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Chemistry is an annual recognition administered by the American Chemical Society as part of its National Awards program. Sponsored by the ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry, it recognizes creative contributions in research, technology, and methods of analysis. The award serves industry professionals, faculty, and chemistry professionals, including international recipients.
Its purpose is to encourage work that provides a scientific basis for informed environmental control decisions or practical technologies that reduce health risk factors. The emphasis is on connecting scientific advances with environmental decision-making and health-risk reduction. Established in 1978 as the ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology, the award now operates under its environmental chemistry name.
