CMO Excellence in Green Chemistry Award
CMO Excellence in Green Chemistry Award supports contract manufacturing organizations by honoring pharmaceutical chemistry advances that improve environmental performance, safety, or efficiency at scale.
Funder: American Chemical Society
Due Dates: October 1, 2026 (Applications open) | December 1, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EST (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $5,000; conference travel reimbursement up to $2,500 USD, with additional international travel funds available
Summary: Recognizes contract manufacturing organizations for pharmaceutical green chemistry advances demonstrating environmental, safety, or efficiency improvements at meaningful scale.
Key Information: Recognizes CMO company-level accomplishments worldwide; ACS and ACS GCIPR membership are not required.
Description
Created by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable (GCIPR), this award recognizes outstanding efforts by contract manufacturing organization (CMO) companies to advance green chemistry in pharmaceutical research, development, and manufacturing. It honors greener synthetic routes for starting materials, intermediates, and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), as well as improvements in reaction conditions and chemical or manufacturing technologies.
The award focuses on accomplishments at meaningful scale that demonstrate compelling environmental, safety, or efficiency improvements and a company-level commitment to green chemistry, engineering innovation, and industrial sustainability. Relevant benefits include reduced process mass intensity and waste, improved greenness metrics and process robustness, reduced environmental, health, and safety impacts, and reduced use of toxic or hazardous chemicals, solvents, and reagents.
