Green Discovery Chemistry Award
Green Discovery Chemistry Award supports industrial chemists and teams whose discovery and medicinal chemistry innovations advance sustainability through environmental, safety, or efficiency improvements.
Funder: American Chemical Society
Due Dates: December 1, 2026 (Application deadline, 11:59 p.m. EST)
Funding Amounts: Up to $5,000; conference travel reimbursement up to $2,500 USD, with additional international travel funds available
Summary: Recognizes industrial chemists and teams developing greener discovery and medicinal chemistry technologies with environmental, safety, or efficiency benefits.
Key Information: Recognizes one specific industry innovation or technology, not career achievement or multiple projects.
Description
The American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable recognizes industrial chemists who develop sustainable technologies for discovery and medicinal chemistry involving biologically active molecules. The award honors innovations that demonstrate compelling environmental, safety, or efficiency improvements through green chemistry and engineering. Technologies may already have significant impact or show potential for broader adoption that advances the discovery chemistry community’s future sustainability goals.
Priority areas span sustainable product isolation, automated and parallel synthesis, unconventional synthetic pathways, greener structure–activity relationship strategies for ADME optimization, and innovative molecular design. Nominations should identify the closest focus area, but sustainability improvements in other aspects of the discovery process are also welcome. The award emphasizes the significance of a specific technology and its realized or potential benefits over existing approaches.
