Roger Adams Award

Purpose. To recognize and encourage outstanding contributions to research in organic chemistry defined in its broadest sense.

Nature. The award consists of a medallion and a replica, a certificate, and $25,000. The award will be presented biennially in odd-numbered years at the ACS National Meeting. The recipient shall deliver a lecture at the Biennial National Organic Chemistry Symposium of the American Chemical Society National Meeting and Symposium. The travel expenses to the Symposium will be paid.

Establishment. The award was established in 1959 by Organic Syntheses, Inc. and Organic Reactions, Inc., and is sponsored by those organizations and the Division of Organic Chemistry of the American Chemical Society. The first award was made in 1959.

Rules of Eligibility. The award is granted to an individual without regard to nationality for outstanding contributions to research in organic chemistry defined in its broadest sense.

Application Procedures

More Information.
ACS Page on the Roger Adams Award
University of Illionois Page On Roger Adams

Roger Adams Award Winners
1959	Sir Derek H. R. Barton
1961	Robert B. Woodward
1963	Paul D. Bartlett
1965	Arthur C. Cope
1967	John D. Roberts
1969	Vladimir Prelog
1971	Herbert C. Brown
1973	Georg Wittig
1975	Rolf Huisgen
1977	William S. Johnson
1979	Melvin S. Newman
1981	Nelson J. Leonard
1983	A. R. Battersby
1985	Donald J. Cram
1987	Jerome A. Berson
1989	George A. Olah
1991	Gilbert J. Stork
1993	Elias J. Corey
1995	Barry M. Trost
1997	K. Barry Sharpless
1999	Dieter Seebach
2001	Ryoji Noyori
2003	Albert Eschenmoser
2005	Jerrold Meinwald
2007	Samuel J. Danishefsky