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Purpose.
To recognize outstanding achievement in the field of organic chemistry, the significance of which has become apparent within the five years preceding the year in which the award will be considered.
Nature.
The award consists of $25,000, a medallion with a presentation box, and a certificate. Reasonable travel expenses to the spring national meeting at which the award will be presented and to the fall national meeting to deliver an award address will be reimbursed. The medallion will be presented during the award address.
An unrestricted grant-in-aid of $150,000 for research in organic chemistry, under the direction of the recipient, designated as an Arthur C. Cope Fund Grant, will be made to any university or nonprofit institution selected by the recipient. A recipient may choose to assign the Arthur C. Cope Fund Grant to an institution for use by others for research or education in organic chemistry.
Establishment.
In 1972 the ACS Board of Directors accepted responsibility for administering an award created under the terms of the will of Arthur C. Cope.
Rules of Eligibility.
The award will be granted without regard to age or nationality for outstanding achievement in the field of organic chemistry.
Application Procedures
For More Information see the
ACS Page on the Cope Award
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Presentation of the 2007 Arthur C. Cope Award to Jean M. J. Fréchet, and Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards to James A. Marshall, Yoshinori Yamamoto, David Tirrell, Guillermo C. Bazan, James M. Tour, Janis Louie, David W. C. MacMillan, Leonard R. MacGillivray, Kenneth J. Shea, André B. Charette at the Fall ACS National Meeting in Chicago.
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