James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public
The James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public recognizes communicators whose reporting helps the public understand chemistry, chemical engineering, and related fields.
Funder: American Chemical Society
Due Dates: December 5, 2026 (2028 award nominations)
Funding Amounts: $5,000 award; up to $2,500 in travel expenses reimbursed
Summary: Recognizes public reporting that increases understanding of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related fields.
Key Information: Nominees must have made noteworthy presentations through a public communication medium.
Description
The American Chemical Society (ACS) presents this National Award to recognize, encourage, and stimulate outstanding reporting directly to the public. It honors work that materially increases public knowledge and understanding of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related fields, rather than laboratory research itself.
Eligible communication can appear in the press, on radio or television, in films or online media, on lecture platforms, or in books for lay readers. Established in 1955 as the James T. Grady Award, it took its current name when James H. Stack was added in 1984.
