Peter J. Dunn Awards for Green Chemistry & Engineering
Peter J. Dunn Awards for Green Chemistry & Engineering support individuals and teams advancing pharmaceutical green chemistry technologies to improve environmental performance, safety, and efficiency.
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 listed award amount; conference expenses reimbursable up to $2,500 USD, with additional international travel funds available
Summary: Recognizes individuals and teams for meaningful-scale pharmaceutical green chemistry innovations that improve environmental performance, safety, and efficiency.
Key Information: Previous winning submissions from the Green Chemistry Challenge Award are ineligible.
Description
Established in 2016 by the ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable, the Peter J. Dunn Awards recognize excellence in developing and implementing green chemistry in the pharmaceutical industry and its allied industrial partners. Named for Peter J. Dunn of Pfizer, the awards recognize specific innovative technologies rather than career achievement. Eligible work includes greener synthetic routes and associated processes for active pharmaceutical ingredients or intermediates, reaction conditions, and chemical or manufacturing process technologies.
The program emphasizes significant innovations demonstrated at meaningful scale that go beyond routine process development optimization. Nominations should demonstrate compelling improvements over current technologies, such as reduced process mass intensity and waste, improved robustness, lower environmental, health, and safety impacts, or reduced use of toxic or hazardous chemicals, solvents, and reagents.
