ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Chemistry
The ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Chemistry recognizes chemists’ creative research, technologies, and analytical methods that inform environmental decisions or reduce health risks.
Funder: American Chemical Society
Due Dates: December 5, 2026 (2028 award nominations)
Funding Amounts: $5,000, a certificate, and up to $2,500 in reimbursable travel expenses
Summary: Recognizes creative environmental chemistry research, technology, or analytical methods that inform environmental decisions or reduce health risks.
Key Information: Nominees must be ACS members.
Description
The American Chemical Society presents this award for creative advances in environmental chemistry. It recognizes research, technology, or methods of analysis that provide a scientific basis for informed environmental control decisions or practical technologies that reduce health risk factors.
The award is sponsored by the ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry. Established in 1978 under the name ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology, it has had several sponsors; the Division has sponsored it on its own since 2026.
